Bromocriptine and cabergoline can been used when woman is preg | Beatmrcog@yasminsyed

Bromocriptine and cabergoline can been used when woman is pregnant. The most common side effects are lightheadedness, nausea, and headache. Slowly increasing the dose helps with side effects. Another way to decrease the side effects is to give bromocriptine in a suppository directly in the vagina. This is an off-label use of the medicine.

No treatment

Not all women with hyperprolactinemia need treatment, although women with hyperprolactinemia who do not make estrogen as a result need a treatment that either causes her to make estrogen or provides estrogen to the patient. No treatment may be needed if a cause can’t be found or if the high prolactin level is due to a small tumor in the pituitary gland and the patient is still making estrogen. Women with hyperprolactinemia can still take birth control pills to keep from getting pregnant or make their periods regular.

Surgery

If a tumor is big, surgery may be needed if medicine doesn’t improve symptoms. An MRI will be done every so often to check on the size of the tumor.

Words to Know

Galactorrhea: When men or women who are not pregnant produce breast milk.

Hypothyroidism: Underactive thyroid.

Pituitary: A walnut-sized gland that sits at the bottom of the brain and releases hormones related to reproduction and growth.

Prolactin inhibiting factor (PIF): A hormone that stops prolactin from being released. 

 

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