Lanreotide is a long-acting synthetic version of somatostatin, the body's own 'off switch' for several hormones. Given as a deep injection under the skin every four weeks, it suppresses growth hormone and a range of gut hormones. Its two main uses are acromegaly — the condition caused by a pituitary tumour producing too much growth hormone, which slowly enlarges the hands, feet and facial features — and neuroendocrine tumours, where it both controls the flushing and diarrhoea those tumours cause and slows their growth.
In the NAFDAC register
No matched entry
In our August 2026 copy of the Greenbook (11,000+ products), we have not matched any lanreotide product to a register entry. If a seller quotes a NAFDAC number for one, check it on the official Green Book or our NAFDAC checker before paying.
Brands of Lanreotide in Nigeria
1 brand available in Nigeria.
| Brand Name | Manufacturer | Strength | Form |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somatuline Autogel | Ipsen | 60mg, 90mg, 120mg | Injection (pre-filled syringe) |
Lanreotide Price in Nigeria
Lanreotide prices in Nigeria vary by brand, strength, and where you buy it. Confirm the current price with a licensed pharmacy, and always check the product is NAFDAC-registered before you pay.
We show a price here once it appears in our monthly sampling of Nigerian online pharmacies (MedPlus, HealthPlus), or when we have a reliable market figure. For now, confirm the current price directly with a licensed pharmacy.
How to Verify Your Lanreotide is Genuine
- 1There is nothing to verify. Lanreotide holds no NAFDAC registration, so no genuine Nigerian registration number exists for Somatuline or any lanreotide product.
- 2A pack printed with a NAFDAC number is showing a number that was invented or cloned — check it against our NAFDAC checker.
- 3Lanreotide is supplied in a pre-filled syringe that must be refrigerated throughout. Any supply offered outside a hospital cold chain should be refused; heat damage leaves no visible sign and the medicine simply will not work.
- 4If your care is being coordinated by a Nigerian specialist, ask about the hospital or named-patient import route rather than sourcing it privately — that route exists for exactly this situation and keeps the cold chain and the paperwork intact.
- 5Be sceptical of any private offer to supply a monthly biological injection. This is an expensive, rare medicine and an easy one to counterfeit convincingly.
Where to Buy
Lanreotide is not registered with NAFDAC, so there is no approved product and no lawful retail supply of it in Nigeria. Ogbogwu does not list sellers for it and does not take requests for it: anyone able to fill such an order would be supplying outside the register, which is the situation this site exists to help people avoid. If it was prescribed to you abroad, carry the prescription and the original pack and check the import rules with NAFDAC. If you were told to take it here, ask your doctor what registered alternative applies — and check any pack you are offered against the register, because a NAFDAC number printed on an unregistered medicine was invented or cloned.
What is Lanreotide?
LANREOTIDE IS NOT REGISTERED WITH NAFDAC. Our copy of the NAFDAC Greenbook holds no record of it under any brand or ingredient name. Nor does it hold octreotide, the other somatostatin analogue used for the same conditions. The entire class is absent from the Nigerian register.
This is a small page for a small number of people, and that is precisely why it is here. Acromegaly and neuroendocrine tumours are rare, the treatment is expensive and specialised, and someone in Nigeria who has just been given one of these diagnoses will search for the drug their doctor named and find nothing that tells them where they stand. The honest position is worth stating: the medicine is not available through any registered Nigerian channel, and treatment will involve either a hospital import route or care abroad.
What is Lanreotide used for?
In Nigeria, Lanreotide is commonly used for:
- Nothing approved in Nigeria — lanreotide holds no NAFDAC registration
- Acromegaly, where surgery has not cured it or is not possible, abroad
- Advanced neuroendocrine tumours of the midgut and pancreas — controlling growth, abroad
- Carcinoid syndrome — the flushing and severe diarrhoea caused by hormone-secreting tumours, abroad
- Thyrotropin-secreting pituitary tumours, abroad
Dosage
IMPORTANT
Always follow your doctor's or pharmacist's instructions. The information below is for general reference only.
Adults
No dose is given here for a medicine with no legal supply in Nigeria. Where licensed, Somatuline Autogel is given as a deep subcutaneous injection every 28 days, at 60mg, 90mg or 120mg, adjusted against hormone levels and symptoms. It is administered by a trained health professional, or by a trained patient or carer where a specialist service supports that.
Children
Lanreotide is not established for use in children.
Elderly
Not applicable in Nigeria. No routine dose change for age where used abroad.
Acromegaly is usually treated first by surgery to remove the pituitary tumour, which can be curative, and neurosurgical services for this exist in Nigeria. Medical treatment with a somatostatin analogue is what follows when surgery is incomplete or unsuitable. If you have been diagnosed, the question to ask your endocrinologist is not only how to obtain lanreotide but what the surgical and radiotherapy options are — because those routes are available here in a way the monthly injection is not.
Side Effects
Common side effects
- •Diarrhoea, abdominal pain and nausea, particularly in the first months
- •Pain, a lump or redness at the injection site
- •Gallstones — common with long-term use, often without symptoms
- •Raised blood sugar, or occasionally low blood sugar
Serious side effects — seek medical help immediately
- Acute gallbladder inflammation or bile-duct obstruction from gallstones
- Marked slowing of the heart rate
- Significant disturbance of blood sugar control in people with diabetes
- Pancreatitis — uncommon
- Hypersensitivity reactions
When to see a doctor
Not applicable to a medicine unavailable here. Anyone receiving lanreotide abroad should seek urgent care for severe upper abdominal pain with fever or jaundice, which suggests gallbladder or bile-duct trouble, and should have blood sugar monitored, particularly if diabetic.
Warnings & Precautions
Do not take Lanreotide if you have:
- No lawful supply in Nigeria — lanreotide holds no NAFDAC registration
- Known hypersensitivity to lanreotide, octreotide or related somatostatin analogues
- Use with caution in gallstone disease and in poorly controlled diabetes
Drug interactions
- •Insulin and oral diabetes medicines — doses often need adjusting, in either direction
- •Ciclosporin — levels fall
- •Bromocriptine — levels rise
- •Medicines that slow the heart, such as beta-blockers — additive bradycardia
Pregnancy & Breastfeeding
There is limited data on lanreotide in pregnancy and it is used only where clearly necessary, under specialist care. Whether to continue treatment during a pregnancy in acromegaly or a neuroendocrine tumour is a decision for an endocrinologist and an obstetrician together.
Related Resources for Lanreotide
Guides, articles, and tools related to Lanreotide and other hormone disorders medicines in Nigeria.
Frequently Asked Questions
Sources
- •NAFDAC Greenbook — the official database of all products registered with Nigeria's National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control. Brand-level NAFDAC numbers for Lanreotide on this page were cross-referenced against the Greenbook.
- •British National Formulary (BNF) dosing and interaction guidance for Lanreotide.
- •Nigerian Standard Treatment Guidelines (Federal Ministry of Health).
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