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( ARTG ) For symptomatic control and reduction of growth hormone and IGF-1 plasma levels in patients with acromegaly, including those who are inadequately controlled by surgery, radiotherapy or dopamine agonist treatment.‍​‍‍‍​‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍​‍ Sandostatin treatment is also indicated in acromegalic patients unfit or unwilling to undergo surgery, or in the interim period until radiotherapy becomes fully effective. For the relief of symptoms associated with the following functional tumours of the gastro-entero-pancreatic endocrine system: carcinoid tumours with features of the carcinoid syndrome; vasoactive intestinal peptide secreting tumours (VIPomas). Sandostatin is not curative in these patients. For reduction of the incidence of complications following pancreatic surgery.