Brand Names

How to Use

If bromocriptine upsets your stomach, it may be taken with meals or milk. Always taking the dose at bedtime may help to lessen nausea if it occurs. If stomach upset continues, check with your family doctor. Your family doctor may recommend that you take the first doses vaginally.

Dosage

The number of capsules or tablets that you take depends on the strength of the drug. Always the number of doses you take each day, the time allowed between doses and the length of time you take the drug depend on the medical problem for which you are taking bromocriptine .

• For oral dosage forms - capsules and tablets:
  • For infertility, male hormone problem - male hypogonadism, starting the menstrual cycle - amenorrhea, or stopping abnormal milk secretion from nipples - galactorrhea:
    • Adults and teenagers 15 years of age or older At first, 1.25 to 2.5 milligrams - mg once a day taken at bedtime with a snack. Then your family doctor may change your dose by 2.5 mg every three to seven days as needed. Doses greater than 5 mg a day are taken in divided doses with meals or at bedtime with a snack.
    • Teenagers less than 15 years of age and children Use and dose must be determined by your family doctor.
  • For lowering growth hormone - acromegaly:
    • Adults and teenagers 15 years of age or older At first, 1.25 to 2.5 milligrams - mg once a day taken at bedtime with a snack for three days. Then your family doctor may change your dose by 1.25 or 2.5 mg every three to seven days as needed. Doses greater than 5 mg are divided into smaller doses and taken with meals or at bedtime with a snack.
    • Teenagers less than 15 years of age and children Use and dose must be determined by your family doctor.
  • For Parkinson's disease:
    • Adults and teenagers 15 years of age or older At first, 1.25 milligrams - mg one or two times a day taken with meals or at bedtime with a snack. Then your family doctor may change your dose over few weeks as needed.
    • Teenagers less than 15 years of age and children Use and dose must be determined by your family doctor.
  • For pituitary tumors:
    • Adults and teenagers 15 years of age or older At first, 1.25 milligrams - mg two or three times a day taken with meals. Then your family doctor may change your dose over few weeks as needed.
    • Teenagers less than 15 years of age and children Use and dose must be determined by your family doctor.

Missed dose If you miss a dose of this drug and remember it within 4 hours, take the missed dose when you remember it. However, if a longer time has passed, skip the missed dose and go back to your regular dosing schedule. Do not double doses.

Storage To store this drug:

• Keep out of the reach of children.
• Store away from heat and direct light.
• Do not store in the bathroom, near the kitchen sink, or in other damp places. Heat or moisture may cause the drug to break down.
• Do not keep outdated drug or drug no longer needed. Be sure that any discarded drug is out of the reach of children.