Medications, Drugs and Alcohol
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For the Patient
- Antibiotics and cold medicines
- Antidepressants
- Dental work, anesthetics
- Taking medications safely while breastfeeding
- Taking oral contraceptives while breastfeeding
- More topics from Dr. Sears
- Is It safe for a smoker to breastfeed her baby? What about using the nicotine patch and other smoking cessation aids?
- My doctor has prescribed a medication for me. Is it safe for me to continue breastfeeding my baby while I take the medicine?
- What about coloring my hair or getting a perm while I am breastfeeding?
- What effect does the mother's consumption of caffeine have on the breastfeeding infant?
- Search LLLI
For the Community Health Nurse
American Academy of Pediatrics
- Medications in the breast-feeding mother
- The transfer of drugs and other chemicals into human milk
- Search AAP