This book has been written to assist doctors, pharmacists, midwives and other health
professionals dealing with the issue of medicines use in pregnant and breastfeeding …

Aims To measure the interdose milk to plasma ratio (M/P) of R‐and S‐methadone during
multiple dosing in lactating mothers taking medium to high doses of methadone (> 40 mg …

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to review the existing literature on the use of
various classes of psychotropic medications during breastfeeding to provide information …

The postpartum period is a time of great physical and emotional changes. The incidence of
psychiatric illness is higher in this period than at any other time in a women's life. Therefore …

This Policy Statement was retired May 2010. The American Academy of Pediatrics places
emphasis on increasing breastfeeding in the United States. A common reason for the …

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

Drug transfer into breast milk and drug disposition in the nursing infant are governed by the
principles of pharmacokinetics. An understanding of basic pharmacokinetic principles is a …

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 …

Many mentally ill women want to breast-feed their babies but, if theyare taking psychotropic
drugs, there is very little systematic data upon which to base decisions about whether or not …