Bromocriptine
Bromocriptine stimulates dopamine receptors and can lower prolactin or growth hormone and improve selected Parkinson’s symptoms. The monitoring plan differs by condition. Listed uses include hyperprolactinaemia, acromegaly and Parkinson’s disease.
Key points
- Bromocriptine uses in hyperprolactinaemia, acromegaly and Parkinson’s disease are not interchangeable treatment plans.
- Low blood pressure, sudden sleepiness, hallucinations and impulse-control changes can occur.
- Severe headache with visual change, chest pain, fainting or new breathlessness needs urgent assessment.
Listings are for comparison only. Suitability and supply depend on clinician and pharmacy checks, stock, destination rules and prescription requirements.
How it works
Bromocriptine activates dopamine D2 receptors. This suppresses prolactin release, can reduce growth-hormone secretion and influences movement pathways in the brain.
Important safety checks
Blood pressure, pregnancy or recent childbirth, heart-valve or fibrotic disease, severe mental-health symptoms and interacting medicines require review. Avoid driving if sudden sleepiness occurs. Report new compulsive gambling, spending, eating or sexual behaviour.
When to seek urgent care
Seek urgent help for a sudden severe headache, new visual loss, chest pain, fainting, stroke signs, coughing blood, new breathlessness, severe confusion or hallucinations that create danger.