Abstract
Amantadine was given to 11 psychotic patients, concurrently on neuroleptic medications, who required treatment of neuroleptic-induced extrapyr- amidal side effects. Five of the 11 patients suffered from galactorrhea, and all of these reported im-provement in their galactorrhea on amantadine. Plasma prolactin levels were measured in eight of the 11 subjects, and there was a significant decrease in these levels for the group. Presumably these effects are due to amantadine’s properties as a dopamine agonist and suggest a possible use of amantadine in the treatment of neuroleptic-induced galactorrhea.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2-7 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1981 |
| Externally published | Yes |