What medicine do patients with pituitary tumors take

Although pituitary tumors are benign tumors of the pituitary gland, once they occur, they will bring financial and mental distress to patients and their families. What is even more painful is the pain of the patients. Although there are many treatment methods, many patients are afraid of surgery, and some will choose drugs for treatment. So what medicine should patients with pituitary tumors take?

According to the nature of pituitary tumors and the harm they cause to the human body, they can be divided into many categories, and different types of treatments require different drugs. First of all, bromocriptine is generally selected as the drug for the treatment of pituitary prolactin adenomas. This drug has a more significant effect and can shrink tumors, relieve patients' headaches, and improve their visual fields. Secondly, quinagolide, which is a new drug that can effectively inhibit tumor growth and has few adverse reactions to the digestive tract. Then there is pergolide, which can inhibit the synthesis and secretion of tumor cells. There are also drugs such as octreotide, cyproheptadine, megestrol acetate (megestrol acetate), chlorpromazine, levodopa, etc., which have certain effects on the treatment of this type of pituitary tumor.

Since pituitary tumors are benign neuroendocrine tumors that occur in the anterior and posterior lobes of the pituitary gland and the residual cells of the craniopharyngeal epithelium, they must be treated with extreme caution. Although there are many drugs for the treatment of pituitary tumors, no drug can completely cure the disease, which is something everyone needs to know. So, in addition to drug treatment, what other methods are there to treat this type of pituitary tumor? The first is gamma knife treatment, which is suitable for patients whose tumors are difficult to operate on, who cannot tolerate surgery, and who have postoperative recurrence. The second is surgical treatment, that is, surgical resection. This method is the main method for treating pituitary tumors. The most commonly used method now is transnasal transsphenoidal surgery under a microscope. The vast majority of pituitary tumors can be cured.

In short, pituitary tumors can be treated by taking medicine, and there are many types of medicines for this disease. However, so far no medicine can completely cure this disease, which is something that patients and their families need to know. Therefore, in order to cure this disease, surgical resection is still required, and careful postoperative care is needed to ensure that the patient recovers as soon as possible.