What to do about infertility in women with pituitary adenomas

Infertility in female pituitary adenoma patients is mainly treated by medication and surgery. 1. Drug treatment: Functional pituitary adenomas can lead to high prolactin levels, menopause, lactation and infertility, which can be treated with drugs, the more commonly used drugs are bromocriptine, carbamazole and so on, which are able to reduce the prolactin level and enable women to get pregnant normally. This kind of treatment is more suitable for prolactin type pituitary macroadenoma and giant adenoma. 2. Surgery: Surgery is one of the important means of treating pituitary adenoma, if the effect of medication is not good, the pituitary adenoma can also be removed through surgical methods, and after the removal of the high prolactin level of patients need to follow up the drug treatment to correct the endocrine dysfunction, such as bromocriptine, carbamazepine and so on, so that the woman can get pregnant normally. Female pituitary adenoma patients with infertility should actively cooperate with the doctor’s treatment, the use of medication should also strictly follow the doctor’s instructions, do not blindly use drugs, after surgery should also be regularly rechecked.