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HIGH DOSES ALPRAZOLAM INDUCED AMENORRHOEA AND GALACTORRHOEA

Daniela Petrić ; Psychiatric Clinic of University Hospital Centre Rijeka, Croatia
Marija Vučić Peitl ; Psychiatric Clinic of University Hospital Centre Rijeka, Croatia
Vjekoslav Peitl ; Psychiatric Clinic of University Hospital Centre Sestre Milosrdnice, Zagreb, Croatia

Sažetak

Alprazolam belongs in the group of anxiolytics, medicaments used for reducing anxiety. As most other drugs, it can cause
various adverse events, including hormonal disturbances and imbalance. Prolactin elevation is one such hormonal adverse event
that can lead to galactorrhoea, or abnormal milk discharge from the breast and amenorrhoea. In this case report we will present the
case of a female patient that developed galactorrhoea while treated with alprazolam, after all physical factors that can also cause
these symptoms were excluded.

Ključne riječi

alprazolam; amenorrhoea; galactorrhoea

Hrčak ID:

76805

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/76805

Datum izdavanja:

31.3.2011.

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