My prolactin levels are around 400 and my doctor says it is way too high for risperidone intake
Does taking abilify help reduce the levels from 400. As I dont want to take carbergoline or bromocriptine to reduce the levels ?
yeah, risperdal is a big a culprit in that
I switched to Invega
my breasts were leaking
not sure the verdict on that if it’s a cancer risk.
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Does invega reduce the prolactin levels to lower levels ?
I had high prolactin on risperidone too, I actually started lactating. My prescriber took me off it immediately because she said it was a huge breast cancer risk. Later I mentioned it to my current pdoc because I was considering going back on it since it worked so well and he said there were ways to keep my prolactin lowered but he’d rather not mess with it again.
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I had high prolactin on amisulpride.
High enough to mostly stop my period.
I don’t have a period and my breasts leak. Perhaps I should tell my doctor ? I am going to call them up today I think and tell them
I’m having an annual physical in a couple of weeks and they are taking blood. Perhaps that will say what the prolactin is.
For what it’s worth 4 years of seroquel and my prolactin test last month was 4.2 ng/mL.
it seems to have worked by switching to Invega
and it’s a sister pill too, so if you handled risperdal, then you should be fine on Invega.
@Daze my insurance is not covering invega , can I go for ziprasidone(Geodon)
Can any one take Geodon to avoid risperidone induced high prolactin
This is a shiit med i must say !!
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I guess I should have corrected that
I’m taking Paliperidone, or generic Invega
Almost all my meds are generic
and I think that’s for insurance reasons too.
@Daze My insurance says even for paliperidone its going to cost 600$ for 30 days .
Planning to take ziprasidone(Geodon) .Any input regarding this medication
wow, I had no idea. I’m on Medicare, so my copays are under 30 dollars a month for all my meds.
My friend Jason takes Geodon for bipolar. That’s about all I know about it.
So I’m in the same spot – I lactate on pretty much every med, especially the Haldol I’m on right now. BUT my doc did the Abilify thing, he gave me 5 mg of Abilify and it seems to have stopped for now.
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My prolactin level was measured at around 340 a few months ago. My GP said not to worry about it as it only starts to get dangerous at around the 3,000 level.
@NutsAboutU Is your prolactin 340 ng/ml?
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ng/mL is standard for prolactin tests. I’d assume that’s what anyone’s is.