Breastfeeding is the optimal form of infant feeding for the first months of an infant's life, and
the majority of healthy women initiate breastfeeding after the birth of their infant. However …

Breastfeeding has positive health consequences for both the breastfed infant and the
nursing mother. 1, 2 Although information on drug use during lactation is available through …

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 …

Many mothers are inappropriately advised to discontinue breastfeeding or avoid taking
essential medications because of fears of adverse effects on their infants. This cautious …

Knowledge of pharmacokinetics and the use of a mechanistic-based approach can improve
our ability to predict the effects of pregnancy for medications when data are limited. Despite …

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 …

More than half of women take medications during breastfeeding, predisposing their infants
to medication exposure via breast milk. As a result, adverse drug reactions may emerge in …

There are many benefits of breast-feeding both for the infant and for the mother. Nursing
mothers who are also taking medications or exposed to environmental hazards may be …

Although most medications can be taken safely during breastfeeding, potential risks of infant
toxicity do exist because all medications will be excreted into the breast milk to some extent …

The prescription of psychotropic drugs during lactation is a clinically important but complex
issue. Most of the information available on the excretion of these drugs into breast milk and …