Title : Effect of bromocriptine in pituitary-dependent Cushing's syndrome.

Pub. Date : 1983 Oct

PMID : 6313262






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1 The single oral dose effect of bromocriptine (2.5 mg at 0800 h) on ACTH samples obtained every half hour for 3 h, was studied in six patients with Cushing"s disease; in no case was suppression of ACTH observed. Bromocriptine proopiomelanocortin Homo sapiens
2 These data show that bromocriptine may occasionally reduce ACTH secretion in pituitary-dependent Cushing"s syndrome, and that a single oral dose bromocriptine test fails to identify the patients who will benefit from this treatment. Bromocriptine proopiomelanocortin Homo sapiens