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GALACTORRHOEA |
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drugs: |
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dopamine receptor blockers: |
phenothiazines metoclopramide sulpiride thioxanthines cinnarizine butyrophenones pimozide |
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dopamine-depleting agents: |
reserpine methyldopa |
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others: |
oestrogens narcotics |
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hyperprolactinaemia: |
prolactinoma [usually microadenoma; very high PRL levels]hypothalamic or stalk lesions [loss of dopaminergic inhibition of PRL]renal failure [decreased PRL excretion]primary hypothyroidism [high TRH causes PRL secretion] |
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physiological: |
pregnancy and post-partum period neonatal period stress and exercise |
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