PITUITARY-HYPERPROLACTINEMIA CAUSES

SUMMARY

1. Eating food: PRL must be tested fasting.
2. Prolactinoma.
3. CKD.
4. Hypothyroidism.
5. Chest wall injury.
6. Nipple stimulation in lactating women.
7. Pregnancy or oestrogen use (inhibits dopamine).
8. Diseases of the hypothalamus/pituitary stalk.
9. Drugs: metoclopramide, verapamil, phenothiazine, haloperidol, risperidone.

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