Effect of a psychoactive drug, trazodone, on prolactin secretion in man

Neuropsychobiology. 1981;7(1):17-9. doi: 10.1159/000117828.

Abstract

Administration of 50 mg trazodone, an antidepressant drug, in a single oral dose to 10 normal subjects of both sexes, aged 24--41, resulted in a significant (p less than 0.01) decrease of serum prolactin (PRL) values. The mean serum PRL levels were 8.9 +/- 2.2 ng/ml in basal conditions and 4.5 +/- 1.7 ng/ml 180 min after trazodone. Pretreatment with trazodone does not modify TRH-induced PRL release.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Piperazines / pharmacology*
  • Pituitary Gland, Anterior / metabolism*
  • Prolactin / blood
  • Prolactin / metabolism*
  • Time Factors
  • Trazodone / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Piperazines
  • Prolactin
  • Trazodone