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INHIBITION OF CIMETIDINE‐INDUCED HYPERPROLACTINAEMIA BY PRETREATMENT WITH LEVODOPA OR BROMOCRIPTINE
Author(s) -
ROLANDI ERMANNO,
MASTURZO PAOLA,
BARRECA TOMMASO
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
clinical endocrinology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.055
H-Index - 147
eISSN - 1365-2265
pISSN - 0300-0664
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2265.1979.tb03037.x
Subject(s) - bromocriptine , cimetidine , hyperprolactinaemia , endocrinology , medicine , prolactin , levodopa , histamine , antagonist , receptor antagonist , receptor , hormone , disease , parkinson's disease
SUMMARY A single i.v. administration of cimetidine, an histamine receptor antagonist, produced a significant increase in serum prolactin (PRL) levels in fifteen normal men. This effect was suppressed by pretreatment with levodopa or bromo‐criptine.