The physicochemical and pharmacokinetic factors involved in transfer of drugs into breast
milk are reviewed. Passage of drugs into milk can best be viewed as a two-compartment …

The advantages of human milk are well known and surpass the simple nutrition facts. Not
only does it protect infants against infections such as gastroenteritis, otitis media, and upper …

Over half of newborn infants begin life breastfeeding. Nearly all drugs ingested by nursing
mothers appear in their milk; amount is 1 to 2 per cent of the mother's dose. Drugs for most …

It is well accepted that the best feeding method for infants is breastfeeding, due to its
numerous biological and clinical effects on child and maternal health. The use of medication …

Drugs ingested by a lactating mother would be expected to appear in human milk to some
extent and be ingested by a breast-feeding infant. Drugs pass from maternal plasma into …

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 …

Prescribing medications for a breast-feeding mother requires weighing the benefits of
medication use for the mother against the risk of not breast-feeding the infant or the potential …

The authors begin this review with discussion of mammary cell changes during milk
synthesis in relation to drug excretion into milk and binding to milk constituents, and of …

Objective: To review data on the occurrence and toxicity of the commonly reported
pesticides and industrial environmental pollutant chemicals in breast milk. Data Sources …

An AZ listing of drugs by generic name. Each monograph summarizes the known and/or
possible effects of the drug on the fetus. It also summarizes the known/possible passage of …