Diagnosis and management of hyperprolactinemia.

[Clinical guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of prolactinoma and hyperprolactinemia].

OBJECTIVE To provide practical and up to date recommendations for evaluation, differential diagnosis, and treatment of prolactinoma and hyperprolactinemia in various clinical settings. PARTICIPANTS Members of the Neuroendocrinology Working Group of the Spanish Society of Endocrinology. METHODS Recommendations were formulated according to the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Developme...

A case of sibutramine-induced hyperprolactinemia.

INTRODUCTION Several drugs may cause hyperprolactinemia, especially antipsychotic drugs and prokynetic drugs. Serum prolactin concentrations increase within hours after acute administration of these drugs and return to normal within two to four days after cessation of chronic therapy. So far, sibutramine, a sympathomimetic drug used in the management of obesity, was not described to be associat...

Diagnosis of Growth Hormone Excess and Hyperprolactinemia

Comparative Study of the Effects of Chamomile (Matricaria Chamomilla L.) and Cabergoline on Idiopathic Hyperprolactinemia: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Chamomile is a fascinating plant quoted in several traditional medicine texts, which hasbroad-spectrum pharmacological activity and medicinal uses. The aim of this study was toassess the efficacy of chamomile syrup in reducing serum prolactin in women with idiopathichyperprolactinemia. The study was a randomized, controlled clinical trial that was cond...

Hyperprolactinemia: an unusual manifestation of suprasellar cystic lesions.

Two patients with suprasellar cysts and hyperprolactinemia are described. These lesions were diagnosed by CT metrizamide cisternography. Suprasellar cysts are a rare cause of pathologic hyperprolactinemia, which most commonly results from pituitary adenomas. Tissue diagnosis revealed suprasellar arachnoid cysts in the first patient and Rathke's cleft cyst in the second. The differential diagnos...