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  2. Octreotide - Wikipedia

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    Octreotide is used for the treatment of growth hormone producing tumors (acromegaly and gigantism), when surgery is contraindicated, pituitary tumors that secrete thyroid-stimulating hormone (thyrotropinoma), [citation needed] diarrhea and flushing episodes associated with carcinoid syndrome, and diarrhea in people with vasoactive intestinal peptide-secreting tumors ().

  3. Octreotide scan - Wikipedia

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    An octreotide scan is a type of SPECT scintigraphy used to find carcinoid, pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors, and to localize sarcoidosis. It is also called somatostatin receptor scintigraphy (SRS). Octreotide , a drug similar to somatostatin , is radiolabeled with indium-111 , [ 1 ] and is injected into a vein and travels through the bloodstream.

  4. Vasoconstriction - Wikipedia

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    Vasoconstriction is the narrowing of the blood vessels resulting from contraction of the muscular wall of the vessels, in particular the large arteries and small arterioles. The process is the opposite of vasodilation , the widening of blood vessels.

  5. Midodrine - Wikipedia

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    Midodrine is a prodrug which forms the active metabolite, desglymidodrine, which is an α 1-adrenergic receptor agonist and exerts its actions via activation of α 1-adrenergic receptors of the arteriolar and venous vasculature, producing an increase in vascular tone and elevation of blood pressure.

  6. Viatris' Mylan Recalls One Lot Of Octreotide Acetate ... - AOL

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    Viatris Inc's (NASDAQ: VTRS) Mylan is voluntarily recalling one lot of Octreotide Acetate Injection, 500 mcg/mL, packaged in a carton of ten 1mL syringes due to a product complaint of the presence ...

  7. Man getting packages finds missing babies in a ditch - AOL

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    A man found 4-month-old and 5-month-old baby girls in a ditch outside his Indianapolis home after they were kidnapped in a vehicle earlier in the day.

  8. Category:Vasoconstrictors - Wikipedia

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    Generalized vasoconstriction usually results in an increase in systemic blood pressure. Pages in category "Vasoconstrictors" The following 38 pages are in this category, out of 38 total.

  9. Trump seeks fast appointments; Elon Musk makes endorsement ...

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    Partial results show Republicans have a narrow lead in nine of the remaining uncalled House races and Democrats in seven, according to a New York Times analysis, although many thousands of votes ...