• Lactation inhibition:
    • 5mg BD for 14 days
  • Menstrual cycle disorders and infertility in women:
    • 2.5-3.75mg BD/TDS OR 1 tab BD/TDS until menstrual cycle returns to normal. Treatment can be continued for several cycles to prevent relapse.
  • Prolactinomas:
    • 5-3.75mg BD/TDS increasing to several tablets daily as required.
  • Acromegaly:
    • 5-3.75mg BD/TDS increasing to 20-30mg daily depending on response.
  • Puerperal breast engorgement:
    • 5mg STAT repeated after 6-12 hours if required.
  • Incipient puerperal mastitis:
    • 5mg BD for 14 days plus an antibiotic
  • Benign breast disease:
    • 5-3.75mg OD increasing to 2-3 tablets per day
  • Parkisonism:
    • Start with low dose of 25mg OD nocte for 1 week.
      • Increase by 1.25mg per day every week.
      • Common dose: 10-40m per day.
      • Max dose 100mg.

Tablet: 2.5mg

  • Should always be taken during a meal
  • For lactation inhibition:
    • Should not be instituted earlier than 4 hours after parturition or abortion.
    • Slight milk production expected after completed dose which can be treated by resuming treatment for a further 1 week.

It is a dopamine receptor agonist in the hypothalamus and pituitary gland which inhibits prolactin secretion and lowers blood levels of growth hormone in acromegaly.

  • Headaches
  • Dizziness
  • Fatigue
  • Nausea and vomiting the first few days of use
  • Orthostatic hypotension
  • Uncontrolled hypertension
  • Psychosis
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy-induced toxemia
  • Hypersensitivity to ergot alkaloids
  • Adrenal/thyroid disorders
  • Intracranial lesion
  • Idiopathic vaginal bleeding.
  • Erythromycin
  • Dopamine antagonists
  • Other ergot derivatives.

                              Drug Status

Availability Prescription only
Pregnancy Contraindicated
Breastfeeding Contraindicated
Schedule Not controlled
BRAND NAME STRENGTH FORMULATION PACK SIZE MANUFACTURER DISTRIBUTOR
Bromodel 2.5mg Tablet 30’s Opsonin Pharma Opsonin Pharma
Cripton 2.5mg Tablet 30’s Gedeon Richter Globe Pharmacy
Parlodel 2.5mg Tablet 30’s Novartis Pharma Surgipharm Ltd