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- From: dyer@spdcc.com (Steve Dyer)
- Newsgroups: sci.med
- Subject: Re: Acromegaly
- Message-ID: <1992Nov22.075553.4300@spdcc.com>
- Date: 22 Nov 92 07:55:53 GMT
- Article-I.D.: spdcc.1992Nov22.075553.4300
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- In article <57440003@hpscit.sc.hp.com> gw@hpscit.sc.hp.com (Gordon Wilson) writes:
- > Acromegaly is a disorder of the the endocrine system. It creates
- >too much Growth Hormone. Typically, a pituitary adenoma is the
- >culprit. I have just been diagnosed with this rare disorder.
- >It affects something like 1 in 40,000 people. I would like to
- >find a doctor that handles lots of acromegalic patients, since
- >there is a lot of development in drugs and xrays (gamma knife).
- >The developmental drugs are made by sandoz,
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- Well, Sandoz's Parlodel (bromocryptine) has been around for about 30 years,
- and has been a standard of sorts for treatment of acromegaly. I wouldn't
- describe this as cutting edge stuff; there may be newer treatments, as
- you allude.
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