Here's the breakdown of how much you have to earn each year to qualify as middle-income, depending on the size of your family: Household of one: $24,042 to $72,126. Household of two: $34,000 to $102,001. Household of three: $41,641 to $124,925. Household of four: $48,083 to $144,251.
Sandostatin (octreotide acetate). Claussen D. Sandostatin is an antineoplastic drug used to control diarrhea and improve hypokalema in patients with metastatic carcinoid tumors and vasoactive intestinal peptide-secreting tumors. Sandostatin has been used to treat life-threatening hypotension and acromegaly.
Octreotide (brand name Sandostatin, Novartis Pharmaceuticals) is an octapeptide that mimics natural somatostatin pharmacologically, though it is a more potent inhibitor of growth hormone, glucagon, and insulin than the natural hormone.It was first synthesized in 1979 by the chemist Wilfried Bauer.ctreotide can also be labelled with a variety of radionuclides, such as yttrium-90 or lutetium-177, to enable peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT) for the treatment of unresectable neuroendocrine tumours.