Our Sponsors Log in Register. Log in Register. Ages and Stages. Healthy Living. Safety and Prevention. Family Life. Health Issues. Tips and Tools. Our Mission. Find a Pediatrician. Text Size. Medication Safety Tips for the Breastfeeding Mom. Page Content. What the AAP Recommends Much is still unknown regarding long-term effects of various kinds of medications on your baby.
Is your medication short-acting or long-acting? Save to my dashboard Sign in or Sign up to save this page. Saving Just a moment, please. You've saved this page It's been added to your dashboard. In This Topic.
Can what you eat and drink affect your breast milk? Here are some nutrients you may need supplements for during breastfeeding: DHA. You can get iodine by: Eating foods that are high in iodine, like fish, bread, cereal and milk products Taking an iodine or iodide supplement.
Iodide is a form of iodine. Using iodized salt. This is salt that has iodine added to it. Read the package label to make sure your salt is iodized. You may need extra vitamin B12 if you: Are a strict vegetarian or vegan. A vegan is someone who doesn't eat meat or anything made with animal products, like eggs or milk. Have had gastric bypass surgery. This is surgery on the stomach and intestines to help you lose weight. These conditions affect how your body digests breaks down food.
Can smoking while breastfeeding hurt your baby? It passes to your baby in breast milk and can cause problems, like: Making your baby fussy Making it hard for your baby to sleep Reducing your milk supply so your baby may not get all the milk he needs Secondhand smoke also is bad for your baby. Can you pass alcohol or street drugs to your baby through breast milk?
Tell each provider about any medicine you take. Your treatment is closely supervised and monitored. You have social support from friends and family throughout your treatment.
Your baby continues to gain weight as you breastfeed. Is limp Has trouble breathing Has trouble breastfeeding To find out more about prescription medicines and breastfeeding, visit LactMed.
Read the label on the package for information about how an OTC drug may affect breastfeeding. Take the smallest dose amount of medicine to help lessen the amount that gets passed to your baby in breast milk. These medicines may have larger doses that stay in your body and breast milk longer than medicines with smaller doses. What medical conditions make breastfeeding unsafe for your baby?
Breastfeeding may be harmful to a baby if: Your baby has galactosemia. They can have brain damage or even die if they eat or drink breast milk, milk or anything made with milk. Babies with galactosemia need to eat a special formula that is not made with milk of any kind.
Your baby gets tested for this condition soon after birth as part of newborn screening. You have HIV. You can pass HIV to your baby through breast milk. You have cancer and are getting treated with medicine or radiation. You have human T-cell lymphotropic virus.
Morrell MJ. Guidelines for the care of women with epilepsy. Antidepressant treatment during breast-feeding. Am J Psychiatry. Serum concentrations of antidepressants and benzodiazepines in nursing infants: a case series. Biddle C. AANA J. Anesthetic medications in breastfeeding mothers. Breast feeding and anaesthesia. This content is owned by the AAFP. A person viewing it online may make one printout of the material and may use that printout only for his or her personal, non-commercial reference.
This material may not otherwise be downloaded, copied, printed, stored, transmitted or reproduced in any medium, whether now known or later invented, except as authorized in writing by the AAFP. Contact afpserv aafp. Want to use this article elsewhere? Get Permissions. Read the Issue. Sign Up Now. Jul 1, Issue. Medications in the Breast-Feeding Mother. Use topical therapy when possible.
Medication selection Choose medications with the shortest half-life and highest protein-binding ability. Choose medications that are well-studied in infants. Choose medications with the poorest oral absorption. Choose medications with the lowest lipid solubility. Medication dosing Administer single daily-dose medications just before the longest sleep interval for the infant, usually after the bed-time feeding.
EST weekdays Internet resources Dr. Read the full article. Get immediate access, anytime, anywhere. Choose a single article, issue, or full-access subscription. Earn up to 6 CME credits per issue. Purchase Access: See My Options close. Best Value! To see the full article, log in or purchase access.
More in Pubmed Citation Related Articles. Email Alerts Don't miss a single issue. Sign up for the free AFP email table of contents.
Navigate this Article. General considerations. Avoid drug therapy when possible. Medication selection. Medication dosing. Telephone advice. Internet resources. Sertraline Zoloft Paroxetine Paxil. Metformin Glucophage Thiazolinediones. Phenytoin Dilantin Carbamazepine Tegretol. Cromolyn Intal Nedocromil Tilade. Progestin-only agents. Estrogen-containing contraceptives. Antineoplastic agents. It is also good for your health. Using some drugs and substances can make breastfeeding unsafe for your baby.
Talk to a health professional about how you can breastfeed safely. Women are encouraged to discuss their health needs with a health practitioner. If you have concerns about your health, you should seek advice from your health care provider or if you require urgent care you should go to the nearest Emergency Dept.
0コメント