Medications taken for chronic illness (eg, depression, epilepsy, immunological conditions)
while breastfeeding pose challenges to risk-assessment. Based on several cases of drug …

During lactation, multiple situations can arise that require maternal pharmacological
treatment. Because of the many health advantages of human milk to infants, breast feeding …

CONCLUSION Whether or not to prescribe a drug for a pregnant or breast-feeding woman is
a decision that must be made in consideration of many factors, including but not limited to …

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 …

The trend globally for mothers to breastfeed has highlighted the need for information on drug
transfer into breast milk and the extent to which the suckling neonate may be exposed and …

Safety of maternal drug therapy during breastfeeding may be assessed from estimated
levels of drug exposure of the infant through milk. Pharmacokinetic (PK) principles predict …

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The recent increase in the incidence of breast-feeding has given impetus to the study of the
excretion of drugs and chemicals into human milk. It appears that the major route of drug …

Breastfeeding is universally recognized as the preferred method of infant nutrition, but is
sometimes abbreviated because of fear of harm to the infant from maternal medication. The …

For most agents with CNS activity, there are limited data regarding their safety in
breastfeeding. Any decision to institute treatment for a neurological or psychiatric disorder …