Peptide | Clinical utility |
Somatostatin | Gastrointestinal hormone secreting tumors |
Diagnostic radiology |
Variceal hemorrhage |
Bleeding ulcers |
HIV-associated diarrhea |
Other chronic diarrheal syndromes |
Reducing fistula output |
Secretin | Diagnosis of Zollinger-Ellison syndrome |
Diagnostic radiology |
Pancreatic function testing |
Cholecystokinin | Diagnostic radiology (biliary scintigraphy) |
Pancreatic function testing |
Glucagon | Therapeutic endoscopy |
Diagnostic radiology |
Treatment of severe hypoglycemia |
Pentagastrin | Quantitation of gastric acid output |
Diagnosis and monitoring of medullary thyroid cancer |
Diagnosis of carcinoid syndrome |
GLP-1-like agents | Treatment of diabetes mellitus |
Motilin-like agents | Treatment of gastroparesis, dysmotility |