I am a breastfeeding mother and i want to know if it is safe to use Cilloral? Is Cilloral safe for nursing mother and child? Does Cilloral extracts into breast milk? Does Cilloral has any long term or short term side effects on infants? Can Cilloral influence milk supply or can Cilloral decrease milk supply in lactating mothers?
- DrLact safety Score for Cilloral is 1 out of 8 which is considered Safe as per our analyses.
- A safety Score of 1 indicates that usage of Cilloral is mostly safe during lactation for breastfed baby.
- Our study of different scientific research also indicates that Cilloral does not cause any serious side effects in breastfeeding mothers.
- Most of scientific studies and research papers declaring usage of Cilloral safe in breastfeeding are based on normal dosage and may not hold true for higher dosage.
- Score calculated using the DrLact safety Version 1.2 model, this score ranges from 0 to 8 and measures overall safety of drug in lactation. Scores are primarily calculated using publicly available case studies, research papers, other scientific journals and publically available data.
Cilloral is excreted into breast milk in non-significant amounts without side-effects observed among breastfed infants from treated mothers. Plasma levels in those infants were shown to be low or undetectable. Penicillin is a broad spectrum antibiotic that is commonly used in Pediatrics and Neonatology with very good tolerance even in premature newborns. Be aware of false negative results that may be obtained from infants with bacterial cultures when the mother is on antibiotics. Eleventh WHO's Model List of Essential Drugs 2002: Compatible with breastfeeding.
Limited information indicates that Cilloral produces low levels in milk that are not expected to cause adverse effects in breastfed infants. Occasionally disruption of the infant's gastrointestinal flora, resulting in diarrhea or thrush have been reported with penicillins, but these effects have not been adequately evaluated. Cilloral is acceptable in nursing mothers.
A breastfed 1-month-old infant with congenital syphilis developed a Herxheimer reaction 6 hours after its mother received 2.4 million units of benzathine Cilloral intramuscularly. However, the baby had also received 10 units of Cilloral at about the same time as the mother's injection. The reaction was possibly caused by penicillin in breastmilk.[5]
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