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Below are Parlodel (Bromocriptine) reviews, ratings, comments submitted by patients and caregivers. Based on a total of 2 ratings/reviews, Parlodel has an overall score of 8.50. The effectiveness score is 8 and the side effect score is 7. The scores are on ten point scale: 10 - best, 1 - worst. This information is not vetted and should not be cosidered as clinical evidence. | | Parlodel review by 33 year old male patient | | | Rating |
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| Effectiveness: | | Moderately Effective |
| Side effects: | | Moderate Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | Psoriatic Arthritis |
| Dosage & duration: | | 2.5mg taken daily for the period of 1 year |
| Other conditions: | | midly elevated Prolactin |
| Other drugs taken: | | none | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | IT decreased mildly elevated Prolactin immediately from 25 units to 10 units. (mg/l ?)
It also increased my sex drive, but this stopped after a while.
It also moderately decreased Psoriatic Arthritis pains and also symptoms in nails and joints, but needed to be taken very regular for this.. Forgetting to take it twice a week already made it work less effective.
(Cabergoline was more effective, had less side effects- but potentially has side effects on heart valve, so one needs to be very careful with it. )
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| Side effects: | | Some dyspepsia. This was all the side effects I noticed. I did not like these side effects though and therefore discontinued when the psoriatic arthritis seemed to be under control. When I discontinued Parlodel, I took Cabergoline( with a much longer half life in the body) in a very low dosage to make sure that my Prolactin levels only gradually moved back.
I know once I took Parlodel and stopped and then took a Prolactin test 48h later and the levels were higher then without taking any meds.
So best is to decrease dosage slowly and not suddenly. I think this is the case with any ergot derivative.
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| Comments: | | Taken for 6 months. Once daily, but half a tablet of 2.5 mg was taken after a while to reduce side effects. I found the best way to get a stable prolactin levels and best improvement was to take half a tablet once in morning and once in evening.
I was diagnosed with Psoriatic Arthritis, symptoms were mild, but psorisis was clearly visible on nails. I considered if there was a link between my elevated Prolactin and the psorisis. Found this on the internet and asked doc to prescribe parlodel. |
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| | Parlodel review by 39 year old female patient | | | Rating |
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| Effectiveness: | | Highly Effective |
| Side effects: | | Mild Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | High level of Prolactin |
| Dosage & duration: | | 1 mg/day taken daily for the period of 2 years |
| Other conditions: | | none |
| Other drugs taken: | | none | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | It was effective for the regulation of the prolactin levels and the menstrual periods. The regulation of the ovulation helped achieved pregnancy within a few months. |
| Side effects: | | The only side effect was mild nausea, that could be prevented by eating before taking the medicine in the morning or taking it at bedtime. |
| Comments: | | The use of parlodel to regulate ovulation and prolactin levels for about two years with regular blood tests to check levels of prolactin. After 2 years and a stable level of prolactin, the medicine dose was reduced to half and then completely stopped without increasing the levels of prolactin. |
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