Octreotide: The IIH therapy beyond weight loss, carbonic anhydrase inhibitors, lumbar punctures and CSF shunting

Octreotide: The IIH therapy beyond weight loss, carbonic anhydrase inhibitors, lumbar punctures and CSF shunting

Highlights • Five female patients with inefficient IIH therapies were treated with octreotide. • All patients were completely free of clinical IIH symptoms under octreotide. • A more flexible tapering of octreotide can be helpful. • Long-term intramuscular octreotide is a promising long-term IIH the...

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Published in:Clinical neurology and neurosurgery
Main Authors: House, Patrick M, Stodieck, Stefan R.G
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: 2016
Subjects:
Neurology
Neurosurgery
pseudotumor cerebri
Idiopathic intracranial hypertension
IIH
octreotide
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Summary:Highlights • Five female patients with inefficient IIH therapies were treated with octreotide. • All patients were completely free of clinical IIH symptoms under octreotide. • A more flexible tapering of octreotide can be helpful. • Long-term intramuscular octreotide is a promising long-term IIH therapy option
ISSN:0303-8467
DOI:10.1016/j.clineuro.2016.09.016