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Agents that directly lower ACTH secretion by a pituitary adenoma represent ... target the pathogenesis of disease. Among these are dopamine agonists and somatostatin analogs.

Bromocriptine is a sympatholytic D2-dopamine agonist that has been approved ... Bromocriptine has not been shown to augment insulin secretion or enhance insulin sensitivity in peripheral tissues ...