DECREASED PLASMA GROWTH HORMONE (GH) LEVELS IN ACROMEGALICS FOLLOWING CB 154(2-Br-α-ERGOCRYPTINE) ADMINISTRATION¹

1 May 1974

journal article
other
Published by The Endocrine Society in Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism

Vol. 38 (5) , 910-912
https://doi.org/10.1210/jcem-38-5-910

Abstract

A single oral dose of 2–Br–α–ergocryptine (CB154) lowers considerably plasma GH levels in 7 acromegalic patients. The effect is present 2 hrs following the ingestion and lasts about 4–5 hrs.

Keywords

PLASMA GROWTH
GROWTH HORMONE
INGESTION
ADMINISTRATION
CB154
HRS
SUP

DECREASED PLASMA GROWTH HORMONE (GH) LEVELS IN ACROMEGALICS FOLLOWING CB 154(2-Br-α-ERGOCRYPTINE) ADMINISTRATION1

Abstract

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DECREASED PLASMA GROWTH HORMONE (GH) LEVELS IN ACROMEGALICS FOLLOWING CB 154(2-Br-α-ERGOCRYPTINE) ADMINISTRATION¹