Breastfeeding and Drugs

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“More than one million mothers yearly in the United States do not breastfeed because they are given insufficient or incorrect information on medication use by their pharmacists and health care providers.” The review of medications and breastfeeding from the January 2012 issue of the Journal of the American Pharmacists Association (mentioned in the article) is here:http://japha.metapress.com/app/home/contribution.asp?referrer=parent&backto=issue%2C11%2C18%3Bjournal%2C2%2C58%3Bhomemainpublications%2C2%2C2;

Pregnancy, Breastfeeding, and Drugs: Don't Overestimate Risk!

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Pregnant women’s concerns with possible teratogenicity due to medication should be balanced against the need to treat chronic conditions in the mother.