Title : Hyperprolactinemia, a tool in treatment control of tetrahydrobiopterin deficiency: endocrine studies in an affected girl.

Pub. Date : 1998 Apr

PMID : 9545000






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1 Conventional treatment of BH4 deficiency, i.e. BH4, 5-hydroxytryptophan, and L-DOPA/carbidopa (the last named given in three doses per day), suppresses prolactin levels merely for a few hours. Levodopa prolactin Homo sapiens
2 L-DOPA/carbidopa given at shorter intervals or, even better, as a slow release preparation, is more effective in suppressing prolactin levels. Levodopa prolactin Homo sapiens
3 Treatment with an L-DOPA/carbidopa slow release preparation produces virtually normal prolactin levels. Levodopa prolactin Homo sapiens