Tablet
2.5 mg
Dosage Forms
Uses
Dose and Duration
Parkinson’s disease
Adult:1–1.25 mg at night in the 1st week, 2–2.5
mg at night in the 2nd week, 2.5 mg every 12 hours for the 3rd
week, 2.5 mg every 8 hours for the 4th week, then in creasing by
2.5mg every 3–14 days according to response to a usual range of
10–30 mg daily
Prevention or suppression of lactation
Adult:2.5 mg on the day of delivery
(prevention)or 2.5 mg once a day for 2–3 days (suppression);
Then 2.5 mg every 12 hours for 14 days
Hypogonadism, galactorrhoea, infertility
Adult:initially 1–1.25 mg at bedtime, increased
gradually to the usual dose of 7.5 mg (max 30 mg) daily in
divided doses (usual dose 2.5 mg every 12 hours in infertility
without hyperprolactinaemia)
Acromegaly
Adult: initially 1–1.25 mg at bedtime,
increased gradually at 2 to 3 day intervals as follows: 2.5 mg
every 8 hours to 2.5 mg every 6 hours to 5 mg every 6 hours
child 7 years and older: titrate initial dose
according to growth hormone levels and increase dose gradually
up to a maximum dose of 10 mg in children 7–12 years and 20 mg
in children 13–17 years
Prolactinoma
Adult: initially 1–1.25 mg at bedtime,
increased gradually at 2−3 day intervals as follows: 2.5 mg
every 8 hours to 2.5 mg every 6 hours to 5 mg every 6 hours (max
30 mg daily)
child 7 years and older: 1 mg every 8–12 hours
gradually increasing the dose to keep plasma prolactin
adequately suppressed (max 7–12 years: 5 mg, 13–17 years: 20 mg)