Ricardo Posted September 12, 2011 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
Ricardo Posted September 13, 2011 Author 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
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