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October 29, 2006
Dostinex Recall and Generic Cabergoline
Two months ago I was unable to refill my Dostinex prescription as some sort of recall was affecting the availability. I mentioned the recall then and, lo and behold, the second most popular search term used to bring people to What's a Delmer Look Likethis month is Dostinex Recall. (Number one is Granny Gallery which, I'm pretty sure, is people looking for porn featuring mature women.)
Anyway, I believe the Dostinex Recall had something to do with the packaging of the product rather than the quality of the product. I was surprised to hear this (and don't know that it's a fact) as my pills always came in your basic yellow-brown prescription bottle that my pharmacist would scoop pills into.
About the same time I was unable to get Dostinex, I found I was able to get the generic version of the drug -- cabergoline.
I've been taking the generic now for two months and believe it works just as well as Dostinex.
At the same time I started the generic, my dosage was reduced from 2 1/2 pills twice a week (five pills weekly) to 2 pills twice a week (four pills or 2 mg). I lost five pounds during these two months (not that I was really trying). My prolactin went up just a hair -- from 7.1 to 7.4 where the normal range is 2.1 to 17.7.
I have not suffered any side effects from Dostinex or cabergoline.
(I know this was all mentioned yesterday, but, there's a lot of boring stuff (for most) in yesterday's entry and this could have easily gotten lost.)
Posted by delmer at October 29, 2006 12:01 AM