Is Somosal Safe in Breastfeeding
Question
I am a breastfeeding mother and i want to know if it is safe to use Somosal? Is Somosal safe for nursing mother and child? Does Somosal extracts into breast milk? Does Somosal has any long term or short term side effects on infants? Can Somosal influence milk supply or can Somosal decrease milk supply in lactating mothers?
Somosal lactation summary
- DrLact safety Score for Somosal is 3 out of 8 which is considered Low Risk as per our analyses.
- A safety Score of 3 indicates that usage of Somosal may cause some minor side effects in breastfed baby.
- Our study of different scientific research indicates that Somosal may cause moderate to no side effects in lactating mother.
- Most of scientific studies and research papers declaring usage of Somosal low risk in breastfeeding are based on normal dosage and may not hold true for higher dosage.
- While using Somosal We suggest monitoring child for possible reactions. It is also important to understand that side effects vary largely based on age of breastfed child and time of medication in addition to 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 Somosal usage in lactation
Avoid nursing within the next 3 hours after having taken this drug. Not commercially available in Spain.
Answer by DrLact: About Somosal usage in lactation
Because there is little published experience with Somosal during breastfeeding, other agents may be preferred, especially while nursing a newborn or preterm infant.
Somosal Possible Effects in Breastfeeding
Somosal 200 mg given intravenously during labor 10 minutes to 3 hours before delivery for obstetric sedation reduced the sucking behavior of the newborn infants. The number of sucks, sucking pressure and total consumption of artificial feeding from the testing device were reduced Somosal 200 mg given intravenously during labor 10 minutes to 3 hours before delivery for obstetric sedation reduced the sucking behavior of the newborn infants. The number of sucks, sucking pressure and total consumption of artificial feeding from the testing device were reduced substantially.[2] In one small study, women given promethazine with meperidine and Somosal during labor, had the time to lactogenesis II prolonged by 14 hours. Women given meperidine or Somosal without promethazine had lactogenesis II prolonged 7 hours compared to unmedicated women, but the difference was not statistically significant.[3]
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