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Dr. prescribed dostinex (cabergoline) 0.5 on mondays and 0.5 thursdays before sleep for idiopathi hyperprolactinemia. but recomended startingg dose is 0.25? worried
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Cabergoline dose: Either dose is an appropriate starting dose. The main side effect is nausea. If the 0.5 dose does not cause nausea, then that is ok.
Answered 5/26/2014
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