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- Title
A review of hyperprolactinaemia and severe mental illness: Are there implications for clinical biochemistry?
- Authors
Bushe, Chris J.; Bradley, Andrew; Pendlebury, John
- Abstract
Hyperprolactinaemia is a common adverse event reported in association with treatments used in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Recent data are suggestive that hyperprolactinaemia may have a range of significant short-and long-term clinical consequences. The objective of this review is to examine the causes, frequency and clinical consequences of hyperprolactinaemia in the severely mentally ill (SMI) with a focus on patients taking antipsychotic medications. A Medline search was carried out to identify relevant publications. Reference lists from previous review articles were also examined to search for additional data. Hyperprolactinaemia may be one of the most common adverse events associated with some antipsychotic medications. Precise rates with individual drugs had however until recently been poorly categorized. The relationship between hyperprolactinaemia and adverse outcomes in the SMI population appears similar to that in the general population. Adverse outcomes (such as sexual dysfunction) can occur acutely and in the longer term (bone fractures and possibly breast cancer), but the precise link between degree and length of hyperprolactinaemia and adverse outcome remains to be established. In conclusion, hyperprolactinaemia is a common treatment-emergent adverse event of some antipsychotic medications and may have clinical consequences. Physicians must balance the benefits and risks of treatment when determining appropriate therapy for individual patients.
- Subjects
SCHIZOPHRENIA treatment; THERAPEUTICS; BIPOLAR disorder; PEOPLE with mental illness; SIDE effects of antipsychotic drugs; MEDLINE; SEXUAL dysfunction; BREAST cancer; THERAPEUTICS -- Risk factors
- Publication
Annals of Clinical Biochemistry, 2010, Vol 47, Issue 4, p292
- ISSN
0004-5632
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1258/acb.2010.010025