Effect of Antipsychotics on Prolactinoma Growth
A study featured in Cureus looks the effect of antipsychotic medications on prolactinoma growth and found that when a patient stops taking risperidone, haloperidol, thioridazine, or amisulpride, prolactin levels in the blood drop. The drop is less pronounced with clozapine, aripiprazole, and olanzapine Read more here:
Pituitary Story: Changes in Jawline Lead to Diagnosis of Acromegaly
An article in 9news.com tells the story of a 32-year-old Australian woman, Shari Dawson, whose first symptoms of acromegaly were changes to her jawline, nose and shoe size. Dawson is now the general manager of the Australian Pituitary Foundation. Read more here:
Photos of Shari Dawson before and after her acromegaly diagnosis. (Shari Dawson)
Pituitary Journey: Lou Gramm, Singer for the group Foreigner
The singer for the group Foreigner, Lou Gramm, recently recalled his fight against a craniopharyngioma, as a younger man. Read more here:
4-year-old Ohio Boy Fights Pituitary Tumor
The community in Clermont County, Ohio is rallying around a four-year-old boy named Augus, who is fighting a pituitary tumor. Doctors say the tumor took up 45% of hie brain. Surgery to implant a reservoir left him blind in one eye Read more here: