Cabgon 0.5mg Tablet

• Cabgon Tablet is used for the treatment of high levels of prolactin hormone in your body.
• It can also be used in stopping breast milk production immediately after abortion, stillbirth, childbirth, or missed pregnancy.

• If you are allergic to cabergoline or any other ingredients of Cabgon Tablet.
• If you are allergic to other medicines known as ergot alkaloids (ergotamine, lisuride, pergolide, ergometrine, bromocriptine).
• If you are taking medicines to treat your mental health (risperidone, quetiapine, olanzapine, etc). If you are not sure what these medicines are, please confirm with your doctor.
• If you have problems with your liver.
• If you are pregnant and have uncontrolled high blood pressure, combined with swelling and protein in the urine.
• If your doctor has told you that the tissues in your stomach, heart, or lungs have become damaged and scarred.
• If you have a history of psychosis after childbirth.
• If you are taking this medicine for a prolonged duration and experience any problems related to your heart valves.
• If you are a pregnant woman or breastfeeding mother.

• Headache
• Dizziness
• Nausea
• Vomiting
• Stomach pain

Other General Warnings

• You have any problems with your heart, liver, or kidney.
• You had or have Raynaud’s syndrome (a condition causing cold hands and feet).
• You have a low blood pressure problem and are on medications for the same.
• You have a stomach ulcer or any bleeding in your stomach or intestines.
• You are suffering from any psychiatric illness (problems with your mental health).
• You have high blood pressure after giving birth to a baby.
• Your tissues in the stomach, heart, or lungs have become damaged and scarred.
• You or your family members notice any behavioural changes in you that are either unusual or may be harmful to you and others.

• Cabgon Tablet should be taken as directed by your doctor.
• Swallow it whole with a glass of water.
• It should preferably be taken with or after food.
• It would be best if you took it at a fixed time for optimal results.
• Do not consume more than the dose prescribed by your doctor.

• Store Cabgon Tablet in a cool and dry place, protected from direct sunlight, moisture, and heat.
• Keep it away from children and pets.

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How Does It Work?

Interactions with other medicines

• Some medicines can affect the way Cabgon Tablet works or this medicine itself can reduce the effectiveness of other medicines taken at the same time.
• Tell your doctor about all the medicines, supplements, or herbals you are currently taking or might take to avoid any possible interactions.
• Concomitant use of Cabgon Tablet along with medicines like chlorpromazine, haloperidol (used to treat mental health), domperidone, metoclopramide (used to treat nausea and vomiting) may reduce its effectiveness. Thus, they should not be used simultaneously.
• Concomitant use along with medicines like pergolide, bromocriptine, lisuride, ergotamine (used to treat severe migraine headaches), medicines like levodopa (used to treat Parkinson’s disease), antibiotics like erythromycin may increase the amount of this medicine in your blood and this could also increase the side effects.