ea0013p71 | Clinical practice/governance and case reports | SFEBES2007
Kings R
, Foo L
, Varughese GI
, Tahrani AA
, Clayton RN
We report of a 71-year-old gentleman first diagnosed with acromegaly in 1981. He was initially treated with hypophysectomy and radiotherapy and subsequently bromocriptine therapy; requiring increments in the dose over the next ten-years (19811991) by which time he remained on maintenance dose of 10mgs thrice-daily. Bromocriptine was tolerated well and the patient had no side effects. Treatment was weaned off due to improvement in patients symptoms and growth hormon...