SEVERE CEREBRAL ACCIDENTS POSTPARTUM IN PATIENTS TAKING BROMOCRIPTINEFOR MILK SUPPRESSION

We report three recent cases of severe acute cerebral accident which o ccurred in the puerperium in women who received bromocriptine for milk suppression. Two patients experienced mild pregnancy-induced hyperten sion antepartum. Marked blood pressure elevation, above that which had prevailed previously, occurred postpartum in each case. The cerebral accidents manifested between the 6th and 14th days of the puerperium, the typical time for the occurrence of severe side effects from bromoc riptine. These complications entailed lasting neurological sequelae in the three mothers who, based on their age, medical history and genera l state of health, were not significantly predisposed to cerebral acci dents.