Maternal medications pose a common concern for pediatricians in caring for the breastfed
infant. Although current literature supports the safety or the vast majority of medications …

Drug therapy during lactation requires recognition of several elements, including drug
properties, the status of the infant, the mother's milk production, and what is known about …

Background. This article describes the principles of drug transfer into breast milk and how
drugs may affect breast-fed infants, and provides practical advice about what should be …

Section 1 describes the benefits of breastfeeding to both mother and infant as well as the
potential risks to the infant from maternal drug use. The extent of adverse drug-related …

Human milk provides the infants first and best choice for protection against infectious
disease during the first year of life. Not only is it perfectly suited for the infant's …

QUESTION: Many breastfeeding mothers are concerned about taking medications that might
affect their babies. Are there any guidelines on which drugs are safe? ANSWER: Only a few …

The book discusses the mechanisms of drug transfer into human milk, summarizes current
knowledge of infant dose and safety for major drug groups, and provides a set of tools for …

Objective: To survey drug use by breastfeeding women, and to compare this with
nonbreastfeeding women. In addition, we were interested whether drug use was of influence …

Breastfeeding is an essential physiologic process that provides nutrition to the infant and
protects the child against infection and immunologic disorders. The incidence of various …

Sadly, women often feel they have no alternative but to give up breastfeeding, having been
prescribed or purchased medication. In many cases, however, this is unnecessary. This …