A prolactinoma is a benign pituitary tumor that makes the hormone prolactin. While these tumors aren’t life threatening, they can cause fertility challenges and vision problems. Most are treated with ...

The pituitary gland is a pea-sized gland at the base of your brain. It makes several different hormones, including one called prolactin. Prolactin affects the mammary glands and helps women make ...

A 52-year-old man was referred to our clinic for the evaluation and management of a large pituitary mass. He went to the ED reporting 2 months of worsening intermittent and severe, squeezing occipital ...

This page lists all known medications that could potentially lead to 'Prolactinoma' as a side effect. It's important to note that mild side effects are quite common with medications. The medication(s) ...

Dizziness is a common complaint in primary care clinics and can enter the diagnostic profile of different pathologies spanning from psychiatric problems to vestibular dysfunction. Episodes of vertigo ...

Pituitary adenomas are tumors that start in your pituitary gland. They’re usually noncancerous and grow slowly. Prolactinomas are pituitary adenomas that secrete the hormone prolactin. Pituitary ...

Nat Clin Pract Endocrinol Metab. 2006;2(6):298-299. Clearly, dopamine agonists should not be withdrawn too early, and certainly not before completion of 12 months' treatment. Until more is known about ...

Jared Goff's fiancee, Christen Harper, recently turned 30 years old but now, she has shared some serious personal health news. The Sports Illustrated swimsuit model took to TikTok to do a 'Get Ready ...

I was a 27-year-old working as a freelance photographer and writer in Phoenix, Arizona, when I started having irregular periods. It was the spring of 2018, and I began to have spotting outside of my ...

Loss of libido and erectile dysfunction (ED) are typically associated with older men, but younger men can also be affected, as illustrated by the case of one patient described by Kai-Philipp Linse, MD ...

Hyperprolactinemia is a medical condition in which excess prolactin is produced. Prolactin is a hormone involved in the production of milk in a woman's breast. Research has also shown that prolactin ...

The mechanism of action of dopamine agonists in tumor shrinkage and the lowering of prolactin levels is complex. These drugs initially reduce both the number and size of intracellular prolactin ...