Nonergot dopamine D2-receptor agonist. Prepn: R. Nordmann, T. J. Petcher, EP 77754; eidem, US 4565818 (1983, 1986 both to Sandoz); eidem, J. Med. Chem. 28, 367 (1985). Receptor binding study in vivo: A. Closse et al., Brain Res. 440, 123 (1988). Clinical pharmacology: R. C. Gaillard, J. Brownell, Life Sci. 43, 1355 (1988). Clinical evaluation in hyperprolactinemia: C. Rasmussen et al., Acta Endocrinol. 125, 170 (1991).
Prolactin inhibitor.
Dopamine Receptor Agonist; Prolactin Inhibitor