Pegvisomant is a highly selective growth hormone (GH) receptor antagonist. It is used to treat acromegaly. Unlike dopamine or somatostatin analogs (which inhibit growth hormone secretion), this drug actually blocks the hepatic (GH-mediated) production of insulin like growth factor (IGF-1), which is the main mediator of growth hormone activity.
Pegvisomant is a growth hormone receptor antagonist used for the treatment of acromegaly.
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Neuroendocrine Unit and Pituitary Center, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States
The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
St. Joseph Health Care London, London, Ontario, Canada
Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec-Université Laval, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, California, United States
Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States
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