Effects in man of progabide on prolactin release induced by haloperidol or domperidone.

The effects of progabide, a GABA receptor agonist, on haloperidol-induced and domperidone-induced hyperprolactinaemia have been studied in man. There was a moderate inhibition by progabide of the rise in prolactin after domperidone. No such effect was found after haloperidol. The results support the view that in man, as in animals, GABA agonists have an inhibitory effect on prolactin release, probably at the level of the hypothalamus and anterior pituitary.