There are many factors that can aid in the treatment of gigantism but unfortunately there is no know prevention to help prevent a person from living with acromegaly. Some treatments out there have been know to be very successful and help stop or slow the production of growth hormones. Some of the treatments are :

Medications:

Several types of drugs can help relieve pituitary problems. Prolactinomas, for example, respond well to a dopamine agonist drug. If surgery does not remove the entire pituitary gland tumor, somatostatin analogues are used in patients with acromegaly, TSH-secreting tumors, and some cases of Cushing’s disease. Medication is used to lower high hormone levels or to shrink the tumor. Sometimes pegvisomant may be used to block the action of growth hormone. In many cases, drug therapy is combined with surgery and/or radiation treatment, or more than one drug can be used at the same time for combined effects.

Treatments