After taking half a tablet (1.25mg) for three nights, half a tablet is added with breakfast. a further three days an additional half a tablet is added with lunch. intervals of three days, additional half tablets (1.25mg increments) may be progressively added until achievement of the usual dose of one tablet (2.5mg) taken three times daily, in the middle of breakfast lunch, and the evening meal. If side effects still occur, longer intervals and smaller increments should be used.
The only group of patients who do not suffer from such side effects if given the full dose immediately is puerperal women. They may be given bromocriptine 2.5mg two or three times daily to suppress puerperal lactation, without side effects, if treatment is started with twenty-four hours of delivery. The reasons for this difference are unknown.
