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I am a breastfeeding mother and i want to know if it is safe to use 5-20-08-00103 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)? Is 5-20-08-00103 (Beilstein Handbook Reference) safe for nursing mother and child? Does 5-20-08-00103 (Beilstein Handbook Reference) extracts into breast milk? Does 5-20-08-00103 (Beilstein Handbook Reference) has any long term or short term side effects on infants? Can 5-20-08-00103 (Beilstein Handbook Reference) influence milk supply or can 5-20-08-00103 (Beilstein Handbook Reference) decrease milk supply in lactating mothers?

5-20-08-00103 (Beilstein Handbook Reference) lactation summary

5-20-08-00103 (Beilstein Handbook Reference) is safe in breastfeeding
  • DrLact safety Score for 5-20-08-00103 (Beilstein Handbook Reference) is 1 out of 8 which is considered Safe as per our analyses.
  • A safety Score of 1 indicates that usage of 5-20-08-00103 (Beilstein Handbook Reference) is mostly safe during lactation for breastfed baby.
  • Our study of different scientific research also indicates that 5-20-08-00103 (Beilstein Handbook Reference) does not cause any serious side effects in breastfeeding mothers.
  • Most of scientific studies and research papers declaring usage of 5-20-08-00103 (Beilstein Handbook Reference) 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.

Answer by Dr. Ru: About 5-20-08-00103 (Beilstein Handbook Reference) usage in lactation

Excreted into breast milk in a clinically non-significant amount with no problems observed in breastfed infants from treated mothers. Levels found in the plasma of those infants were very low or undetectable. Because of a tiny excretion into the milk, symptoms due to deprivation syndrome would not be avoided by breastfeeding the infants whose mothers were taking this medication during pregnancy. Galactorrhea out of the breastfeeding period has been described.

Answer by DrLact: About 5-20-08-00103 (Beilstein Handbook Reference) usage in lactation

Limited evidence indicates that use of 5-20-08-00103 (Beilstein Handbook Reference) during breastfeeding is acceptable. For women who were taking 5-20-08-00103 (Beilstein Handbook Reference) during pregnancy, the amount of drug in breastmilk may be insufficient to prevent neonatal withdrawal symptoms in breastfed infants. For use as an antidepressant, 5-20-08-00103 (Beilstein Handbook Reference) may be less desirable than other antidepressants that have been studied more thoroughly.

5-20-08-00103 (Beilstein Handbook Reference) Side Effects in Breastfeeding

Follow-up for 1 to 3 years in a group of 20 breastfed infants whose mothers were taking various tricyclic antidepressants found no adverse effects on growth and development. One of the mothers whose infant was followed up at 24 months of age was taking 5-20-08-00103 (Beilstein Handbook Reference) 175 mg daily.[5] Two small controlled studies indicate that other tricyclic antidepressants have no adverse effect on infant development.[2][6] In one of the studies, 2 mothers were taking 5-20-08-00103 (Beilstein Handbook Reference) 100 mg daily in one and 75 to 125 mg daily in the other.[2] In another study, 25 infants whose mothers took a tricyclic antidepressant during pregnancy and lactation were tested formally between 15 to 71 months and found to have normal growth and development. Some of the mothers were taking 5-20-08-00103 (Beilstein Handbook Reference).[7] An infant was born to a mother who had taken 5-20-08-00103 (Beilstein Handbook Reference) 25 mg daily during pregnancy. The infant exhibited inadaptation syndrome for the first few days of life. However, the infant was exclusively breastfed while the mother continued 5-20-08-00103 (Beilstein Handbook Reference) at the same dose postpartum. At 33 days of life, the infant exhibited no clinical signs of 5-20-08-00103 (Beilstein Handbook Reference) side effects.[3] In an observational case series of 10 infants whose mothers were taking 5-20-08-00103 (Beilstein Handbook Reference) in daily dosages ranging from 37.5 to 125 mg daily throughout pregnancy, all infants exhibited withdrawal symptoms after birth. Five of the 10 infants were breastfed, but no difference in withdrawal symptoms was seen between breastfed and non-breastfed infants. In 5 of the infants, 4 of who were breastfed, the half-life was calculated to average 42 hours (range 27 to 68 hours). The half-life in the non-breastfed infant was 35 hours, which was not statistically different from the breastfed infants. The authors attribute the lack of differences in withdrawal and half-life between breastfed and non-breastfed infants to the small amount of drug that is excreted into breastmilk.[8]

5-20-08-00103 (Beilstein Handbook Reference) Possible Effects in Breastfeeding

5-20-08-00103 (Beilstein Handbook Reference) has caused increased prolactin levels and galactorrhea in nonpregnant, nonnursing patients.[9][10][11][12] The clinical relevance of these findings in nursing mothers is not known. The prolactin level in a mother with established lactation may not affect her ability to breastfeed. An observational study looked at outcomes of 2859 women who took an antidepressant during the 2 years prior to pregnancy. Compared to women who did not take an antidepressant during pregnancy, mothers who took an antidepressant during all 3 trimesters of pregnancy were 37% less likely to be breastfeeding upon hospital discharge. Mothers who took an antidepressant only during the third trimester were 75% less likely to be breastfeeding at discharge. Those who took an antidepressant only during the first and second trimesters did not have a reduced likelihood of breastfeeding at discharge.[13] The antidepressants used by the mothers were not specified. A retrospective cohort study of hospital electronic medical records from 2001 to 2008 compared women who had been dispensed an antidepressant during late gestation (n = 575) to those who had a psychiatric illness but did not receive an antidepressant (n = 1552) and mothers who did not have a psychiatric diagnosis (n = 30,535). Women who received an antidepressant were 37% less likely to be breastfeeding at discharge than women without a psychiatric diagnosis, but no less likely to be breastfeeding than untreated mothers with a psychiatric diagnosis.[14] None of the mothers were taking 5-20-08-00103 (Beilstein Handbook Reference).
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