{"id":2527025,"date":"2021-11-22T18:20:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T23:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myendoconsult.com\/learn\/?p=2527025"},"modified":"2023-03-16T06:08:44","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T11:08:44","slug":"drugs-causing-hyperprolactinemia-mnemonic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myendoconsult.com\/learn\/drugs-causing-hyperprolactinemia-mnemonic\/","title":{"rendered":"Drugs causing hyperprolactinemia mnemonic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prolactin is a hormone that plays an important role in milk production and is typically only released during pregnancy and breastfeeding. However, certain medications can also cause prolactin levels to rise. These medications include antipsychotics, antidepressants, antiemetics, and some heart medications.<\/p>\n<p>There are several medications associated with osteoporosis, which can be easily remembered using the mnemonic &#8220;<strong>PROLACTIN and MiLK&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Drugs causing hyperprolactinemia<\/h2>\n<p><strong>PROLACTIN<\/strong> and <strong>MiLK <\/strong>(milk)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>P<\/b>rogestin<\/li>\n<li><b>R<\/b>eserpine<\/li>\n<li><b>O<\/b>pioids<\/li>\n<li><b>L<\/b>HRH analogs<\/li>\n<li><b>A<\/b>lcohol<\/li>\n<li><b>C<\/b>ontrolled substances (Cannabis and Cocaine)<\/li>\n<li><b>T<\/b>hiothixene and Thioridazine<\/li>\n<li><b>I<\/b>soniazid<\/li>\n<li><b>N<\/b>ortriptiline<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>M<\/b>etoclopramide, Methyldopa, Morphine, Methadone<\/li>\n<li><b>L<\/b>ithium<\/li>\n<li><b>K<\/b>etoconazole<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>A simple mnemonic to remember these drugs<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/myendoconsult.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/prolactin-and-drugs-mnemonic.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"1cd17bd\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"prolactin and drugs mnemonic\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"Drugs causing hyperprolactinemia mnemonic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/myendoconsult.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/prolactin-and-drugs-mnemonic.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myendoconsult.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/prolactin-and-drugs-mnemonic.jpg 694w, https:\/\/myendoconsult.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/prolactin-and-drugs-mnemonic-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/myendoconsult.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/prolactin-and-drugs-mnemonic-624x833.jpg 624w\" alt=\"Drugs causing hyperprolactinemia mnemonic\" width=\"640\" height=\"854\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2527377\" \/><\/a>Drugs causing hyperprolactinemia mnemonic<\/p>\n<p>So, when you see a patient with galactorrhea, think about whether they may be taking any of these types of drugs. If so, it may be the cause of their symptoms. Thanks for reading!<\/p>\n<p>-Your Friendly Neighborhood medical student<\/p>\n<h2>Drugs associated with gynecomastia<\/h2>\n<p>Also, a simple mnemonic for gynecomastia is <b>MAKE BREAST<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>M<\/strong>arijuana<\/li>\n<li><strong>A<\/strong>lcohol<\/li>\n<li><strong>K<\/strong>linefelter syndrome<\/li>\n<li><strong>E<\/strong>strogen excess<\/li>\n<li><strong>B<\/strong>aby (circulating maternal estrogens)<\/li>\n<li><strong>R<\/strong>eceptor blockers (Ketoconazole, calcium channel blockers, H2 Blockers)<\/li>\n<li><strong>E<\/strong>lderly<\/li>\n<li><strong>A<\/strong>ntineoplastic agents (alkylating agents)<\/li>\n<li><strong>S<\/strong>pironolactone<\/li>\n<li><strong>T<\/strong>umors (adrenal or testicular)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>References<\/h2>\n<p>Torre DL, Falorni A. Pharmacological causes of hyperprolactinemia.\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/18473017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ther Clin Risk Manag. 2007;3(5):929-951.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Images(s) Courtesy<\/h2>\n<p>MyEndoConsult<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prolactin is a hormone that plays an important role in milk production and is typically only released during pregnancy and breastfeeding. However, certain medications can also cause prolactin levels to rise. These medications include antipsychotics, antidepressants, antiemetics, and some heart medications. There are several medications associated with osteoporosis, which can be easily remembered using the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2527025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mnemonics","post-wrapper","thrv_wrapper"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/myendoconsult.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2527025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/myendoconsult.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/myendoconsult.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myendoconsult.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myendoconsult.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2527025"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/myendoconsult.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2527025\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4416027,"href":"https:\/\/myendoconsult.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2527025\/revisions\/4416027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/myendoconsult.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2527025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myendoconsult.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2527025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myendoconsult.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2527025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}