There has been an increase in breast‐feeding supported by the recommendations of the
American Academy of Pediatrics and the World Health Organization. An anesthesiologist …

Post-anaesthetic advice imparted to breastfeeding mothers can vary. This is due in part to
the differing information from published data, product information sheets and inevitably from …

Breastfeeding has become increasing popular largely due to numerous studies indicating
major health benefits to the infant. As such, it is becoming more common for …

Research literature supports the notion that maternal comfort should be considered a priority
and that mothers should receive adequate information regarding any drug prior to receiving …

This review is an update on anaesthetic agents and their excretion into breast milk; it
presents the reported effects on suckling infants, and discusses the precautions which …

Anaesthetists require a good knowledge of the excretion of drugs in breast milk and the
potential hazards to suckling infants of drug ingestion via breast milk. A brief account of the …

Oxytocin, endorphins, and adrenaline produced in response to the normal pain of labor may
play significant roles in maternal and neonatal response to birth and early breastfeeding. 1 …

In this paper, we summarise the physiology of lactation and discuss the pathophysiology
brought about by fasting, stress and anaesthetic drugs. Drug secretion into breast milk and …

ACCORDING to the American Academy of Pediatrics, breast-feeding is the optimal form of
nutrition for infants and should be maintained for the first 6 months of life. In addition to food …

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 …