Breastfeeding a baby with mother on Bromocripine

Indian J Pediatr. 2006 May;73(5):435-6. doi: 10.1007/BF02758570.

Abstract

Prolactinomas, the most common pituitary adenomas, are important causes of infertility. Bromocriptine remains the treatment of choice for managing hyperprolactinemia in most of these cases. Breastfeeding in mothers receiving bromocriptine is often doubtful and matter of concern for most people. Here we report a case, where by timely intervention and skilled counseling, exclusive breastfeeding could be established in a mother receiving bromocriptine for the treatment of hyperprolactinemia.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Breast Feeding*
  • Bromocriptine / therapeutic use*
  • Counseling
  • Female
  • Hormone Antagonists / therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • Hyperprolactinemia / drug therapy*
  • Hyperprolactinemia / etiology
  • Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena*
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Pituitary Neoplasms / complications
  • Prolactinoma / complications

Substances

  • Hormone Antagonists
  • Bromocriptine