Drugs used by breastfeeding mothers are related to the health of mothers and babies and must be treated with caution. To achieve safe and reasonable medication during lactation, and to allow mothers to recover as soon as possible without affecting the health of the baby, special attention should be paid to the following points:
1. Follow the doctor’s advice and give priority to drugs that can be used safely during lactation: antibiotics, such as penicillin And cephalosporins; cold antipyretic drugs, such as acetaminophen and ibuprofen; anti-allergic drugs, such as loratadine and cetirizine.
2. Take the medicine immediately after breastfeeding to extend the next breastfeeding time. It is best to choose the baby before sleeping for a long time.
3. Pay attention to the baby's physical changes during medication, and whether there are adverse reactions.
4. Certain drugs will enter the baby's body through the mother's milk. Drugs that affect the normal development of the baby's tissues and organs should be prohibited during lactation.
For example: iodine, after taking iodine by the nursing mother, 27% of the drug will be excreted through the breast milk and easily eaten into the body by the baby, affecting the baby’s development and function; morphine addictive analgesics can inhibit the respiratory center and endanger the baby’s Life; Tetracyclines can cause tetracycline teeth in infants; Isoniazid, meprobamate, ergotamine can cause infant poisoning after use; Aminopyrines can affect infants’ hematopoietic function; Sulfonamides can cause infants to have nuclear Jaundice; zepan (Valium) can cause hyperbilirubinemia in infants; kanamycin and gentamicin can cause infant poisoning.
When it is urgently needed due to disease, breastfeeding should be suspended and breast milk should be pumped out regularly. After 5~7 half-lives of the drug, breastfeeding can be resumed.
finally reminds breastfeeding patients that they should take medication under the guidance of doctors and pharmacists, and give priority to drugs that can be used safely during breastfeeding to minimize the impact of drugs on babies.
