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cabergoline

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cabergoline /ca·ber·go·line/ (cah-ber´go-lēn) a dopamine receptor agonist used in the treatment of hyperprolactinemia.
cabergoline
[cah-ber′go-lēn]
a dopamine receptor agonist used in treatment of hyperprolactinemia, administered orally.

cabergoline [cah-ber´go-lēn]
a dopamine receptor agonist used in treatment of hyperprolactinemia; administered orally.

cabergoline
a dopamine antagonist that suppresses progesterone. Used to cause abortion in the bitch.

cabergoline
Dostinex® A selective, potent, long-acting dopamine antagonist that suppresses prolactin secretion and restores gonadal function in ♀ with hyperprolactinemic amenorrhea; it is more effective and better tolerated than bromocriptine


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Dorit Ron, an associate professor of neurology at UCSF, said that cabergoline did not impact the rats' consumption of sucrose and, in a subgroup of binge-drinking mice, the drug did not appear to significantly affect intake of water or saccharin.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) recently reported that cabergoline (Dostinex [R]), a drug commonly used as an adjuvant therapy for men with prostate cancer, may cause heart valve damage.
 
 
 
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