Adverse effects in infants due to the ingestion of drugs and other xenobiotics remain an area
of concern. A key parameter in assessing infant exposure via breast milk, the milk to plasma …

Aims: To ascertain the characteristics and short‐term outcomes of infants born to illicit drug‐
using mothers in public hospitals in the state of New South Wales and the Australian Capital …

Most drugs appear in breast milk in very small and safe amounts. The obstetric care provider
evaluates drug transfer most commonly in the peripartum period, postpartum hospitalization; …

For every antidepressant so far investigated in the breast milk of mothers prescribed these
medications, findings indicate that some amount of drug will be excreted into the breast milk …

The issue of prescription of analgesics during lactation is clinically important but also
complex. Most of the information available is based on single dose or short term studies, and …

Breast milk is regarded as the optimum form of nourishment for infants under 1 year of age [1-
31. A certain species specificity exists for the means of milk delivery to the nursing newborn …

Continuous breast-feeding, an integral component of the postpartum period, is often
threatened upon maternal initiation of antibiotics. The real risk of antibiotic use while breast …

Outlines a report released by the American Academy of Pediatrics, titled'The Transfer of
Drugs and Other Chemicals into Human Milk,'which appeared in the September 2001 issue …

OBJECTIVE: Our objective was to characterize the short-term effects of maternal
medications on breast-fed infants. STUDY DESIGN: A cohort of 838 infants breast-fed by …