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Paper II — 2024 December (Supplementary) (2019 Scheme) — Qii

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Paper II
2024 December (Supplementary) (2019 Scheme) · 100 marks · 180 min

Question

Octreotide is a long acting synthetic analogue of:

  • a) Growth hormone
  • c) Somatostatin
  • b) Prolactin
  • d) Gonadotropin releasing hormone
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Answer

Correct answer: c) Somatostatin

Octreotide is a long-acting synthetic analogue of somatostatin, with a much longer half-life than the native hormone (which is very rapidly degraded), used to suppress secretion of growth hormone (acromegaly), and various GI hormones (variceal bleeding, carcinoid syndrome, VIPomas).

  1. 1Drugs for Constipation and Diarrhoea

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