Open AccessRanitidine-induced galactorrhea in a postmenopausal female
Author(s) -
Prabhat Agrawal,
Nikhil Pursnani,
Awantika Parihar,
Boentika Singh
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_633_19
Subject(s) - medicine , galactorrhea , ranitidine , adverse effect , postmenopausal women , drug , pharmacology , prolactin , hormone
We report a case of drug-induced hyperprolactinemia in a 46 year postmenopausal female presenting as galactorrhea and painful breast engorgement as result of ranitidine exposure. The occurrence of galactorrhea as an adverse effect of ranitidine therapy is scarcely reported in literature and to the best of our knowledge this is first such reported case.