PROLACTIN SERUM LEVELS IN POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN RECEIVING LONG-TERM HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY

In the literature there are different opinions about serum prolactin l evels after the menopause and in women using hormone replacement thera py. We report serum prolactin levels of 165 women after surgical or na tural menopause who received different kinds of hormone replacement th erapies over 2 years and 6 months. Surgically or naturally menopausal women showed no significant differences in serum prolactin levels. Aft er starting hormone replacement therapy, the serum prolactin levels de creased. During subsequent treatment cycles, serum prolactin showed va rying levels within the reference limits. Women using hormone replacem ent therapy developed no new manifestation of hyperprolactinemia.