Description
Cabergoline 0.5 mg tablets are indicated for the treatment of excessive levels of prolactin hormone in your body. It inhibits breast milk after delivery or miscarriage, helps to prevent breastfeeding, and is used to treat hormonal imbalances such as irregular menstruation. It is also used to treat conditions such as hyperprolactinemia and pituitary tumours in women and men.
Cabergoline is an ergot derivative. It’s also a long-acting dopamine receptor agonist, which means it acts somewhat like the hormone dopamine. Dopamine usually acts to prevent your body from producing another hormone called prolactin. So mimicking dopamine, cabergoline lowers the production of prolactin by your body.
Directions for Taking Cabergolin 0.5 mg tablets
- Take Cabergoline 0.5 mg tablets whole with water.
- Do not chew or crush the tablet, as this can influence the absorption of Cabgolin 0.5 tablets in the body.
- Take the tablet at a specific time daily. This will keep the medication levels in the blood constant.
Advantages of Cabergolin 0.5 mg tablets
In Treatment of High levels of prolactin
Prolactin is a hormone that is involved in breast growth and development as well as milk secretion in women. Cabergoline 0.5 mg tablets prevent the secretion of breast milk in women who have experienced a stillbirth, miscarriage, or abortion. It targets a chemical in the brain, dopamine, which is responsible for these excessive levels of prolactin and prevents the secretion of milk.
Side Effects
- It is a sensation of vomiting, a frequent side effect of medicine intake. It can disappear with time.
- The expulsion of the contents of the stomach through the mouth is vomiting. If vomiting does not cease within some time, go to the nearby doctor at once.
- It’s burning in the chest. It occurs when the food moves towards the mouth rather than to the intestine. Mild heartburn can be treated with home remedies. If it’s severe, then consult the doctor.
- Some drugs such as Cabgolin 0.5 will reduce the movement of food from the stomach and intestines, causing constipation. If not bad enough, it will resolve once the medication treatment is discontinued.
- It is a sense of dizziness. Inform your physician if not controllable; it should generally resolve over time.
- Do not stand when dizzy so you will not hurt yourself.
Pharmacist advice for Cabergoline Tablets
You may take cabergoline with or without food, but taking it with food may help reduce your chances of nausea and upset stomach.
- When beginning any new drugs (including over-the-counter drugs), be sure to speak with your doctor or pharmacist because cabergoline may react with many drugs.
- Inform your health care provider if you have any heart issues, particularly heart valve issues since cabergoline has the potential to worsen them. You may need to undergo a check-up of your heart before taking this drug.
- Inform your provider if you experience new and uncontrollable desires to gamble, spend money, or have sex. It may be a side effect of cabergoline.
- Don’t drive or do things that need your full attention until you see how cabergoline affects you because it can make you sleepy or dizzy.
