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Can Bromocriptine Affect Pregnancy?

I was diagnosed with what they beleive is a pituitary adenoma, however they said that based on the MRI they could not tell if it was a cyst or an adenoma. I was put on bromocriptine and was wondering if i want to get pregnant, and i come off the drug, how long would it take for my prolactin levels to go back up before i would not ovulate again, typically? They said that it is micro in size, approx. 7mm.
Mon, 26 Oct 2015
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Bromocriptine is absolutely safe drug for pregnancy. Whether you need it or not depends on your blood prolactin level. If it gets normalized, then you can stop the drugs. If not, then as you are having microadenoma, you need to continue the drug until prolactin gets normalized and microadenoma size decreases, provided there is no problems in visual field or headache. We sometimes have to continue the drug in pregnancy, without any adverse effect to the baby.
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Can Bromocriptine Affect Pregnancy?

Bromocriptine is absolutely safe drug for pregnancy. Whether you need it or not depends on your blood prolactin level. If it gets normalized, then you can stop the drugs. If not, then as you are having microadenoma, you need to continue the drug until prolactin gets normalized and microadenoma size decreases, provided there is no problems in visual field or headache. We sometimes have to continue the drug in pregnancy, without any adverse effect to the baby.