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Hyperprolactinemia and antipsychotic drugs

Publication at Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové |
2008

Abstract

Side effects of the antipsychotic drugs can influence adherence of patients treated for chronic psychosis, mainly for schizophrenia. Hyperprolactinemia is often asymptomatic at first sight and does not influence a subjective quality of life.

The article summarizes aetiology, clinical features, diagnostic strategies and therapeutic options of hyperprolactinemia.