METHOD TO TREAT HYPERPROLACTINEMIA AND PROLACTINOMAS.

摘要

Procedure for the treatment of hyperprolactinemia in an animal, including humans, which comprises administering one or more type 5 somatostatin receptor agonists, for example, to reduce abnormally elevated levels of prolactin in the animal's blood. A method of treating a subject, including the human being, suffering from a prolactinoma, comprising administering one or more selective agonists of the type 5 receptor, for example, to reduce the secretion of prolactin and / or decrease the tumor size in the subject.