• NAACOGS Clin Issu Perinat Womens Health Nurs · Jan 1992

    Medication use in the breastfeeding mother.

    • R F O'Dea.
    • NAACOGS Clin Issu Perinat Womens Health Nurs. 1992 Jan 1; 3 (4): 598-604.

    AbstractHistorically, the risks associated with drugs in breast milk were not a major clinical concern. The small percentage of infants who were breastfed and the low use of drugs in postpartum women stimulated little interest in studying medication use in the breastfeeding mother. However, explosive growth in the number of new pharmacologic agents, concerns over environmental contaminants, and a significant increase in breastfeeding, dramatically altered the interest in this clinical issue. Providers of health care to women and children often are asked to advise breastfeeding women on the choice and risks of a particular medication. However, medical professionals too often simply discourage breastfeeding when this situation arises. This short review examines factors that determine whether a drug that enters breast milk poses a risk to the breastfeeding infant. A series of questions and practical decisions are presented that should enable nurses and other health care providers to more effectively address the issue of medication use in a breastfeeding woman.

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