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Follow the links below to find information about the effects of using various drugs or medicines while breastfeeding.
Reviewed March 2009
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Drugs and breastfeeding
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Queensland Health
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Drugs taken by a breastfeeding mother may pass into the milk through her bloodstream, usually in very small amounts. The extent to which this happens depends on a number of factors, including the nature of the drug concerned, the fat content of the breastmilk and the drug level in the mother's body.
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Oct 2009
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Human swine flu - advice for women who are pregnant or breastfeeding
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Queensland Health
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The human swine influenza virus (Pandemic (H1N1 2009)) is a new and different strain of flu that is infecting people and spreading from person to person in the same way seasonal influenza and other common respiratory infections spread.
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Aug 2009
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Breastfeeding and travel
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Better Health Channel
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Breast milk protects your baby from illness and infection, so it is the safest drink for your baby while travelling. You won't have to worry about access to artificial baby milk, clean water or heating facilities. You may experience a drop in milk supply due to dehydration after flying or illness (such as travellers' diarrhoea).
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May 2009
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Breastfeeding - medicines and drugs
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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| Description: |
Lots of different things can pass from the mother's body into the breast milk, including things you eat and drink.
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Mar 2009
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Antiepileptic drugs in pregnancy and breastfeeding
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Australian Prescriber
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There are effective medicines to stop people with epilepsy having fits. Some of these drugs, however, can cause harm to an unborn baby if a woman takes them during pregnancy.
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Jun 2008
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Antiepileptic drugs in pregnancy and lactation
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Australian Prescriber
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Uncontrolled epilepsy in a pregnant woman is a serious and potentially life-threatening condition for both mother and child. Most pregnant women with epilepsy will need to take at least one antiepileptic drug.
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Jun 2008
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Antibiotics for mastitis in breastfeeding women
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Inflammation of breast or mastitis could be infective or non-infective. Infective mastitis is one of the most common infections experienced by breastfeeding women. The condition (infective or not) varies in severity, ranging from mild symptoms with some...
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Dec 2007
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Antipsychotic drugs in pregnancy and breastfeeding
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Australian Prescriber
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There are limited data on the safety of antipsychotic drugs in pregnancy and breastfeeding. Reports of congenital abnormalities in the babies of women taking typical antipsychotics are uncommon, although chlorpromazine may cause symptoms in the neonate. No increased risk with atypical antipsychotics has yet emerged.
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Dec 2007
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Antidepressants in pregnancy and breastfeeding
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| Publisher: |
Australian Prescriber
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Clinicians must consider the risk of damage from the medications and the effects of the illness itself on both the mother and the baby.
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Oct 2007
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Metformin in pregnancy and lactation
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| Publisher: |
Australian Prescriber
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| Description: |
Metformin improves insulin sensitivity and reduces hepatic glucose output in patients with diabetes.
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| Date: |
Jun 2007
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Antipsychotic drugs for non-affective psychosis during pregnancy and postpartum
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Women who suffer with psychotic conditions who become pregnant are usually treated with antipsychotic drugs. The risks of harm to the offspring associated with exposure to these drugs, in utero or through breast-feeding, are unknown. We aimed to find go...
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Jan 2004
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Breastfeeding A baby's choice
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Australian Breastfeeding Association
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This article describes the moments after birth when it is a baby's choice to initiate breastfeeding. It looks at some of the factors which can interfere with this natural process.
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Aug 2000
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