Posted by garnet71 on May 25, 2009, at 22:20:44
In reply to Re: Prolactin - Meds - Dopamine » garnet71, posted by Phillipa on May 25, 2009, at 20:42:01
No-not necessarily; but there has to be a reason for my vision problem. Wondering if an MRI I had a few years ago would have picked up something like that, that's all...
There's some psych drugs in this list that cause hyperprolactinemia...
http://www.reuniting.info/science/prolactin_hormonal_politics_jeremy_heaton
TABLE 2
Causes of hyperprolactinemia
βΆ Spurious (macroprolactinemia)
βΆ Central nervous system
Pituitary tumors
(PRL, GH, ACTH, nonsecreting)
Stalk effect
Hypothalamic tumors
Granulomatous disease
Pinealoma
Aneurysm
MeningiomaβΆ Medications
Histamine blockers
Metoclopramide
Neuroleptic agents
Estrogen
AmitriptylineβΆ Primary hypothyroidism
βΆ Chronic renal failure
βΆ Chest trauma
βΆ Stress
βΆ Other
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