Ricardo Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Pain relief by somatostatin in attacks of cluster headache. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6145138 Interestingly enough, Somatostatin is also known as growth hormone-inhibiting hormone.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somatostatin And triptans has been shown to INCREASE growth hormone....Is this why they suck so much? http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10463324 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo Posted September 13, 2011 Author Share Posted September 13, 2011 And octreotide, which mimicks somatostatin pharmacologically...This actually seems like something I might try and push for.... http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15455406 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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