GH1 and Hyperglycemia: ST8950 is as potent as the natural SS-14 in its ability to inhibit growth hormone and prolactin release [26], it has intermediate agonistic potency between octreotide and pasireotide at both subtypes [27], and it acutely reduces growth hormone secretion without causing hyperglycemia (a known undesirable effect of pasireotide) in a healthy rat model [28].