Brand name: DOSTINEX® - CMI
Cabergoline 500 microgram

(Pfizer)
CONSUMER MEDICINE INFORMATION

All medicines have risks and benefits. Your doctor has weighed the risks of you using Dostinex against the benefits they expect it will have for you.If you have any concerns about using this medicine, ask your doctor or pharmacist.

Keep this leaflet with the medicine.

You may need to read it again.
What Dostinex is used for
Dostinex may be prescribed by your doctor to reduce your body's level of a hormone known as prolactin. Dostinex may be needed if your levels of prolactin are abnormally high (hyperprolactinaemia).

Abnormally high prolactin may cause menstrual changes in women, and impotence in men.

Dostinex can also be prescribed to prevent the production of milk in women after birth, if breast-feeding is to be prevented for medical reasons.Ask your doctor if you have any questions about why this medicine has been prescribed for you.

Your doctor may have prescribed it for another reason.

Dostinex is only available with a doctor's prescription.
Before you start to use it
When you must not use it

Do not take Dostinex if you have an allergy to:

• any medicine containing cabergoline
• any of the ingredients listed at the end of this leaflet
• ergot alkaloids (medicines used to treat migraine)

Some of the symptoms of an allergic reaction may include shortness of breath, wheezing or difficulty breathing; swelling of the face, lips, tongue or other parts of the body; rash, itching or hives on the skin.

Do not take Dostinex if you have or have had any lung problems associated with the use of dopamine agonists.

Do not take this medicine if you are pregnant.

It may affect your developing baby if you take it during pregnancy.

Do not give this medicine to a child under the age of 16 years.

There is little experience with the use of Dostinex in children.

Do not take this medicine after the expiry date printed on the pack or if the packaging is torn or shows signs of tampering.

If it has expired or is damaged, return it to your pharmacist for disposal.

If you are not sure whether you should start taking this medicine, talk to your doctor.
Storage

Keep Dostinex in its container until it is time to use it.

Keep Dostinex in a cool dry place. Dostinex must be stored where the temperature stays below 25 degrees C.

Do not store Dostinex, or any medicines, in a bathroom or near the sink. Do not leave Dostinex in the car or on window sills.

Heat and dampness can destroy some medicines.

Keep Dostinex where children cannot reach it.

A locked cupboard at least one-and-a-half metres above the ground is a good place to store medicines.

Disposal

Ask your pharmacist what to do with any Dostinex which is left over, or if the medicine has passed its expiry date.
Product Description
What it looks like

Dostinex comes as capsule-shaped, flat, white tablets. One side is marked with the letter 'P' on a side of the score and the letter 'U' on the other. The other side of the tablet is marked '700' with a short score on the top and bottom of the tablet surface.

Dostinex is sold in amber glass bottles of 2 and 8 tablets.

Ingredients:Active Ingredients:

The active ingredient is cabergoline 500 microgram.

Inactive Ingredients

Each tablet also contains: lactose and leucine.