Q: ID service advise you to consider Octreotide for a patient with Aids related diarrhea. What is the dosing?


Answer: 100 to 500 mcg SC tid


Though evidence is weak but Octrotide has been used in AIDS related refractory chronic diarrhea. Octreotide is a candidate drug for the treatment of these patients as it inhibits gastrointestinal motility and increase the transit time.