Omeprazole-induced galactorrhea in kidney transplant patients-a case report. 2022

Choki Dorji, and Farruk Ahammed Robin, and Kesara Na-Bangchang
Pharmacovigilance Centre, Department of Pharmacy, Jigme Dorji Wangchuk National Referral Hospital, Thimphu, Bhutan. chokidorji_bkk@outlook.com.

BACKGROUND Omeprazole belongs to the pharmacological classifications of proton pump inhibitors and is a widely used medicine. All proton pump inhibitors have a common mechanism of action and are prodrugs that require activation in an acidic environment. Omeprazole is extensively metabolized in the liver by cytochrome 2C19 and cytochrome 3A4, which are responsible for drug interactions. Omeprazole-induced galactorrhea is a rare adverse event of drug metabolism and is often underreported. METHODS This is a case of a 26-year-old unmarried Asian (Bhutanese) female who underwent kidney transplant and was administered standard antirejection medication (tacrolimus, prednisolone, and leflunomide) along with an antihypertensive agent. She came to the emergency department with complaints of nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, chronic gastritis, anemia, hypertension, and loss of appetite. The tacrolimus trough level was in the subtherapeutic range at admission. The tacrolimus dose was adjusted, and oral omeprazole was administered. After 3 days, she experienced milk production from her left breast, which according to the patient was her second incidence after omeprazole ingestion. CONCLUSIONS Causality assessment using Naranjo's algorithm and recovering from galactorrhea after stopping omeprazole and omeprazole rechallenge with the reappearance of galactorrhea confirmed omeprazole as the causative agent. Tacrolimus interferes with omeprazole metabolism and increases tacrolimus levels in the blood. Caution needs to be taken when omeprazole is administered with other drugs that interfere with metabolizing enzymes.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D009853 Omeprazole A 4-methoxy-3,5-dimethylpyridyl, 5-methoxybenzimidazole derivative of timoprazole that is used in the therapy of STOMACH ULCERS and ZOLLINGER-ELLISON SYNDROME. The drug inhibits an H(+)-K(+)-EXCHANGING ATPASE which is found in GASTRIC PARIETAL CELLS. H 168-68,Omeprazole Magnesium,Omeprazole Sodium,Prilosec,H 168 68,H 16868,Magnesium, Omeprazole,Sodium, Omeprazole
D011247 Pregnancy The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH. Gestation,Pregnancies
D005260 Female Females
D005687 Galactorrhea Excessive or inappropriate LACTATION in females or males, and not necessarily related to PREGNANCY. Galactorrhea can occur either unilaterally or bilaterally, and be profuse or sparse. Its most common cause is HYPERPROLACTINEMIA. Galactorrheas
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D001631 Bhutan A kingdom in the eastern Himalayas on the northeast border of India, bounded on the north by Tibet, on the east by Assam, on the south by Assam and West Bengal, and on the west by Sikkim and Tibet. From 1720 to 1970 it was under Chinese or Indian domination. In 1971 it became a member of the United Nations. The name comes from the Sanskrit bhota, the name for Tibet, + anta, end, with reference to its location at the southern extremity of Tibet. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p144 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p64)
D016030 Kidney Transplantation The transference of a kidney from one human or animal to another. Grafting, Kidney,Renal Transplantation,Transplantation, Kidney,Transplantation, Renal,Kidney Grafting,Kidney Transplantations,Renal Transplantations,Transplantations, Kidney,Transplantations, Renal
D016559 Tacrolimus A macrolide isolated from the culture broth of a strain of Streptomyces tsukubaensis that has strong immunosuppressive activity in vivo and prevents the activation of T-lymphocytes in response to antigenic or mitogenic stimulation in vitro. Anhydrous Tacrolimus,FK-506,FK506,FR-900506,Prograf,Prograft,Tacrolimus Anhydrous,Anhydrous, Tacrolimus,FK 506,FR 900506,FR900506,Tacrolimus, Anhydrous

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