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Bromocriptine resolvedFrom: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)Fri, 2 May 2003 10:50:40 -0500 (CDT)
I was looking through some internet sites and read a rather disturbing post from Maggie Weber dating back to January. She essentially stated that after 3 months of not conceiving with clomid her "docs" would add Bromocriptine and nearly all of these would conceive in the first month. I reveiwed the primary literature to make sure there was nothing new in this area I was missing, and there wasn't. Bromocriptine is sometimes used to treat infertility, but these patients have high prolactin. High levels of prolactin (usually from a small tumor in your pituitary) are a very common cause of secondary amenorrhea (People who were menstruating in the past, but are no longer doing so). As part of a primary infertility work-up prolactin levels are checked. If these are high and the woman is not ovulating they are often times treated with bromocriptine. Bromocriptine is a dopamine agonist (acts like dopamine) that works to inhibit prolactin release, shrink the tumor, and restore ovulation. There is no benefit to my knowledge of adding this medication to people that have normal levels of prolactin. I hope this answers any Q's you were having from the original post.
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