PARLODEL TABLETS

Amenorrhea, secondary, due to hyperprolactinemia or Galactorrhea due to hyperprolactinemia or Hypogonadism, male, due to hyperprolactinemia or Infertility due to hyperprolactinemia-Initial: Oral, 1.25 to 2.5 mg at bedtime with a snack. Dosage may be increased by 2.5 mg every three to seven days as needed to a total of 5 to 7.5 mg a day taken in divided doses with meals . Maintenance: Oral, 2.5 mg two or three times a day with meals. Doses of up to 15 mg have been used . Prolactinomas, pituitary-Initial: Oral, 1.25 mg two or three times a day with meals. Dosage adjustment is gradual over several weeks to 10 to 20 mg a day taken in divided doses with meals . Occasionally, higher doses may be required . Maintenance: Oral, 2.5 to 20 mg a day taken in divided doses with meals . Parkinsonism-Initial: Oral, 1.25 mg one or two times a day with meals; for single doses, at bedtime with a snack is preferred. Dosage may be increased by 2.5 mg increments every fourteen to twenty-eight days . Maintenance: Oral, 2.5 to 40 mg a day, taken in divided doses with meals. Although higher doses have been used, safety and efficacy have not been established with doses greater than 100 mg a day . Acromegaly-Initial: Oral, 1.25 to 2.5 mg at bedtime with a snack for 3 days; dosage may be increased by 1.25 or 2.5 mg every three to seven days up to 30 mg a day taken in divided doses with meals or at bedtime with a snack . Maintenance: Oral, 10 to 30 mg a day taken in divided doses with meals or at bedtime with a snack. Up to 100 mg per day has been used . [Lactation suppression] -Initial: Oral, 2.5 mg twice a day taken with meals. Patient may begin medication only after vital signs stabilize and no sooner than four hours after delivery . Maintenance: Oral, 2.5 to 7.5 mg a day taken in divided doses with meals or at bedtime with a snack for fourteen days. Has been used for up to twenty-one days if needed . [Neuroleptic malignant syndrome] -Initial: Oral, 5 mg once a day taken at bedtime with a snack; dosage adjustment titrated according to patient response by 2.5 mg increments a day as needed, taken in divided doses with meals or at bedtime with a snack . Maintenance: Oral, up to 20 mg a day taken in divided doses with meals or at bedtime with a snack .

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Children up to 15 years of age: Dosage has not been established . Children 15 years of age and older: See Usual adult dose .

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