Increased deoxycholic acid absorption and gall stones in acromegalic patients treated with octreotide: more evidence for a connection between slow transit constipation and gall stones

Gut. 2005 May;54(5):575-8. doi: 10.1136/gut.2004.048074.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acromegaly / drug therapy*
  • Constipation / complications
  • Deoxycholic Acid / metabolism*
  • Gallstones / chemically induced*
  • Gastrointestinal Transit / drug effects
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Absorption / drug effects
  • Octreotide / adverse effects*
  • Octreotide / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Deoxycholic Acid
  • Octreotide