Treatment of hyperprolactinemia and prolactinoma

摘要

A method of treating hyperprolactinemia in an animal, including a human, administers one or more somatostatin type-5 receptor agonist(s) to, for example, lower abnormally high levels of prolactin in the blood of the animal. A method of treating a subject, including a human, afflicted by a prolactinoma, administers one or more type-5 receptor selective agonist(s) to, for example, lower prolactin secretion and/or decrease tumor size in the subject.