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Octreotide or Lanreotide

Posted by carrie567 @carrie567, 2 days ago

My 70 yr old husband had small bowel tumor Grade 1 resected due to bowel obstruction. Dotatate Petscan revealed other areas in pelvic region and possibly liver so it is stage 4. Net doctor at UCSF most likely wants to start on SSA shots. For sheer convenience and less discomfort, it seems that lanreotide better option but wonder what others think or if this is not up to us to decide and is doctor preference.

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vinnie694 | @vinnie694 | 10 hours ago
In reply to @zacharycat "I’ve had both drugs as our hospital recently switched, either due to availability or to save..." + (show)
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I’ve had both drugs as our hospital recently switched, either due to availability or to save money. The octreotide shots are much quicker but seem to cause more residual hip pain (bigger needles I was told).

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@zacharycat I apply lidocaine patches (prescribed by my Physician) a few hours before to numb the injection site. Makes the shots Relatively painless...

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carrie567 | @carrie567 | 4 hours ago

He will receive monthly octreotide shots as that seems to be UCSF preference. I was confused as I thought the lanreotide could be self administered (which was only reason we were interested in that one) but self-administered only true for short acting shot.

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