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Medications and Breastfeeding

It is so hard to know what to take and what not to take when you are breastfeeding.  Of course there are common over the counter drugs that are well known to be safe, but what if you have a medical condition, anxiety or depression?  Can you rely on your doctor to know which drugs pass through to human milk and which ones are safe?   The best advise we can offer is to ask your doctor what medications he would prefer to prescribe and if there is an alternative as well.  Then before you have your RX filled, research the medications of the following websites or apps: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK501922/     The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) is part of the  United States National Library of Medicine (NLM), a branch of the National Institutes of Health . The NCBI is located in Bethesda, Maryland and was founded in 1988.   Thomas Hale, PHD wrote Medications and Mother's Milk and updates are published frequently, ...