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- W2103261551 abstract "The primary treatment of acromegaly remains transsphenoidal adenomectomy, yet the tissue overgrowth of acromegaly often progresses following surgery, and responds to radiotherapy only after significant delay. Persistently elevated serum growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) concentrations can be normalized in about half of post-surgery acromegalics using the pharmacologic alternatives presently available, the dopamine agonists (DA) and somatostatin (SST) analogs. Cabergoline, the most efficacious DA, normalizes IGF-I in approximately 37% of patients, whereas the long-acting SST analogs, Octreotide LAR and Lanreotide SR, do so in 66%. Significant tumor shrinkage may be attained with SST analogs in particular, and when necessary, the primary medical treatment of acromegaly may be successfully addressed with this class of drugs. Greatly enhanced efficacy is expected from the GH receptor antagonist pegvisomant, which is nearing market availability and will enable the normalization of serum IGF-I in virtually all patients treated. We review here the pharmacologic treatments of excessive GH secretion." @default.
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