Bromocriptine
Comprehensive clinical interaction and dietary monograph for Bromocriptine (Bromocriptine).
Kitchen Food, Drink & Dietary Conflicts
Biochemical interactions with common foods, beverages & cooking ingredientsTalk to your doctor about eating grapefruit and drinking grapefruit juice while taking this medicine. Be sure to follow all exercise and dietary recommendations made by your doctor or dietitian.
Grapefruit / Pomelo (Citrus paradisi / Citrus maxima)
Destroys enterocyte CYP3A4 enzymes, collapsing first-pass drug metabolism and causing up to 12-fold spikes in bioavailability for oral CYP3A4 substrates (statins, calcium channel blockers, immunosuppressants, PDE5 inhibitors).
Dairy Milk, Yogurt & Calcium-Enriched Foods
Divalent calcium binds fluoroquinolone (ciprofloxacin) and tetracycline (doxycycline) antibiotics into unabsorbable ring complexes, reducing systemic antibacterial coverage by up to 90% and causing therapy failure.
Fresh Orange Juice & Apple Juice (OATP Influx Blockers)
Unlike CYP3A4 inhibitors that increase drug levels, fruit juice bioflavonoids block the enterocyte OATP influx pumps, plummeting absorption of oral fexofenadine (Allegra), ciprofloxacin, and atenolol by 30-70%.
Alcoholic Beverages (Beer, Wine, Spirits)
Multiplies respiratory depression and profound sedation with opioids and sedatives; blocks hepatic lactate uptake with metformin (lactic acidosis); triggers acute disulfiram-like vomiting and tachycardia with metronidazole; and accelerates dose-dumping in extended-release capsules.
Prescription & OTC Drug Interactions (DDI)
Documented pharmacological conflicts & contraindicated co-prescriptionsDietary Supplements, Herbs & Minerals (DNI)
Interactions with over-the-counter vitamins, minerals, and herbal preparationsChronotherapy & Meal Administration Protocols
Optimal absorption, meal-timing rules & GI tolerability protocolsWhen bromocriptine (Parlodel) is used to treat hyperprolactinemia, it is usually taken once a day with food.
Rationale: Food enhances bioavailability, prevents gastric mucosal irritation, or stabilizes peak-to-trough pharmacokinetic variations.
When bromocriptine (Parlodel) is used to treat acromegaly, it is usually taken once a day at bedtime with food.
Rationale: Food enhances bioavailability, prevents gastric mucosal irritation, or stabilizes peak-to-trough pharmacokinetic variations.
When bromocriptine (Parlodel) is used to treat Parkinson's disease, it is usually taken twice a day with food.
Rationale: Food enhances bioavailability, prevents gastric mucosal irritation, or stabilizes peak-to-trough pharmacokinetic variations.
Frequently Researched Drug-Substance Combinations
Explore pairwise interaction dossiers and laboratory safety analysesBromocriptine and Grapefruit
Pairwise Clinical Analysis & Safety RatingBromocriptine and Grapefruit-juice
Pairwise Clinical Analysis & Safety RatingBromocriptine and Grapefruit / Pomelo
Pairwise Clinical Analysis & Safety RatingBromocriptine and Alcoholic Beverages
Pairwise Clinical Analysis & Safety RatingTaking Bromocriptine alongside daily coffee, supplements, or other medications?
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Data on this clinical monograph is compiled from the U.S. National Library of Medicine (MedlinePlus), openFDA Structured Product Labeling (SPL Section 7 Drug Interactions), the NIH Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS), and Krause and Mahan's Food & Nutrition Care Process.