Medications to be avoided while breastfeeding
Online References:
-[1]Drugs in Breastmilk
West Midlands Regional Medicines Information Services guide is based on information compiled by the Trent and West Midlands Medicines Information Services. It contains a summary of the significance of the excretion of the commonly used drugs via breast milk, and their absorption by the infant.
-[2]Drugs, Pregnancy, and Lactation
Archive of Ob.Gyn.News articles written by Lee Cohen, Gerald G. Briggs, and Gideon Koren.
-[3]LactMed
Drugs and Lactation Database (LactMed)
A peer-reviewed and fully referenced database of drugs to which breastfeeeding mothers may be exposed. Among the data included are maternal and infant levels of drugs, possible effects on breastfed infants and on lactation, and alternate drugs to consider.
-[4]Drug Safety in Lactation
Prescriber Update Article by MEDSAFE New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority.
Sharon Gardiner, Drug Information Pharmacist, Christchurch Hospital and Evan Begg, CLinical Pharmacologist, Christchurch School of Medicine.
Submitted by (Jenny Ng)