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Somatostatin is a hypothalamic hormone that acts as a growth hormone inhibiting hormone. It is a 14 amino acid peptide that decreases the secretion of several hormones including growth hormone, ACTH, TSH, insulin, glucagon, gastrin and serotonin. Somatostatin has various clinical uses including management of acromegaly, diabetes mellitus, esophageal varices, and carcinoid syndrome. However, it has a short half life and synthetic analogs like octreotide and lanreotide are now commonly used instead due to the

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Daniel Atieh

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