Table 3 Top 20 in the number of adverse events reports of Lanreotide and octreotide.

From: Comparative analysis of adverse event profiles of lanreotide and octreotide in somatostatin-responsive endocrine and neoplastic diseases

Lanreotide

n

Octreotide

n

Diarrhoea

1457

blood pressure increased

1834

Injection site pain

595

malignant neoplasm progression

1735

Abdominal pain

549

abdominal pain

1526

Injection site mass

362

blood pressure systolic increased

1483

Flatulence

262

inappropriate schedule of product administration

1367

Abdominal distension

234

body temperature decreased

859

Disease progression

224

heart rate decreased

660

Cholelithiasis

198

injection site mass

620

Neoplasm progression

198

metastases to liver

591

Flushing

176

blood pressure diastolic decreased

541

Injection site nodule

118

blood pressure decreased

508

Insulin-like growth factor increased

100

stress

477

Blood glucose decreased

100

flatulence

472

Hypoglycaemia

98

cholelithiasis

462

Heart rate decreased

98

intestinal obstruction

380

Intestinal obstruction

87

second primary malignancy

378

Hepatic neoplasm

62

neoplasm progression

344

Metastases to liver

58

neuroendocrine tumour

324

Glycosylated haemoglobin increased

58

neoplasm

277

Faeces discoloured

57

terminal state

219