While the harmful effects of alcohol during pregnancy are well‐established, the
consequences of alcohol intake during lactation have been far less examined. We reviewed …

One impediment to breastfeeding is the lack of information on the use of many drugs during
lactation, especially newer ones. The principles of drug passage into breastmilk are well …

Most of the licit and illicit drugs consumed by the breastfeeding woman pass into the milk
and can modify the production, volume and composition of the milk, as well as hypothetically …

Objective: To create a nomogram that will guide lactating women who drink socially on how
to avoid neonatal exposure to ethanol through breast milk. Design: Pharmacokinetic …

Detoxification of ethanol can contribute to oxidative cellular and DNA damage and, thereby,
to carcinogenesis. The potential relevance of this to breast carcinogenesis is suggested by …

This article reviews, with an emphasis on human experimental data, factors known or
suspected to cause changes in the toxicokinetics of organic solvents. Such changes in the …

This study examined the effects of exposure to ethanol through cultural practices by lactating
mothers. Specifically, the pharmacokinetics of alcohol in Chinese lactating mothers was …

Background: Given the physiological adaptations of the digestive system during lactation,
the present study tested the hypothesis that lactation alters alcohol pharmacokinetics …

Ethanol (also referred to as alcohol in this chapter) is probably the most widely investigated
drug in the world, not only because of its ubiquitous use and its widespread abuse but also …

Folklore holds that beer is a galactagogue and moth-ers are often told to drink beer to
increase their milk supply. Beer (both regular and nonalcoholic) has been found to increase …