Background The pharmacoepidemiology of the long-term benefits and harms of medicines
in pregnancy and breastfeeding has received little attention. The impact of maternal …

Section 1 describes the benefits of breastfeeding to both mother and infant as well as the
potential risks to the infant from maternal drug use. The extent of adverse drug-related …

Problem The need for medication during lactation can contribute to the early cessation of
breastfeeding. Background Breastfeeding women may require medication for acute or …

Maternal medications pose a common concern for pediatricians in caring for the breastfed
infant. Although current literature supports the safety or the vast majority of medications …

“Is It Safe?” — The Many Unanswered Questions about Medications and Breast-Feeding |
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Background Breastfeeding is the ideal method of infant nutrition. However, if mothers need
medications such as the central nervous system (CNS) acting drugs, infant safety concerns …

Adverse effects of psychotropic medication on breast-fed infants have not been studied in
controlled and systematic research. Existing information comes from small case series and …

Pregnancy and breastfeeding pose a unique challenge to drug development and clinical
application. In addition to drug toxicity to the fetus in utero and infants through breastfeeding …

Pharmacovigilance studies are vital to our understanding of the safety of medications in
pregnancy, but great care must be taken in the analysis and interpretation of observational …

Introduction Despite many research efforts, current data on the safety of medicines during
breastfeeding are either fragmented or lacking, resulting in restrictive labeling of most …