Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Dopamine agonists such as cabergoline and bromocriptine are used in the treatment of hyperprolactinemia to provide normoprolactinemia, to improve gonodal functions and to decrease the size of tumour if there is. Besides common side effects, fibrosis is another rare side effect of dopamine agonists. Long-term use of these drugs has been reported to cause fibrotic changes in heart valves. In addition, there are a few case reports about dopamine agonist-related pleu...