I am a breastfeeding mother and i want to know if it is safe to use gamma-1,2,3,4,5,6-Hexachlorocyclohexane? Is gamma-1,2,3,4,5,6-Hexachlorocyclohexane safe for nursing mother and child? Does gamma-1,2,3,4,5,6-Hexachlorocyclohexane extracts into breast milk? Does gamma-1,2,3,4,5,6-Hexachlorocyclohexane has any long term or short term side effects on infants? Can gamma-1,2,3,4,5,6-Hexachlorocyclohexane influence milk supply or can gamma-1,2,3,4,5,6-Hexachlorocyclohexane decrease milk supply in lactating mothers?
Insecticide and scabicide drug of great liposolubility. It is a extensively absorbed through skin, thus, it is not recommended to be used in newborns or infants younger than 2 months. When used in the mother, cleanse the breast thoroughly.
Topical application of gamma-1,2,3,4,5,6-Hexachlorocyclohexane can increase gamma-1,2,3,4,5,6-Hexachlorocyclohexane milk levels for at least several days. Because it is potentially toxic in infants, is a persistent environmental contaminant, and possibly has estrogenic effects that could decrease lactation as well as affect the nursing infant, another agent is preferred.[1][2][3][4]
In a telephone follow-up study, 9 mothers used gamma-1,2,3,4,5,6-Hexachlorocyclohexane topically for head lice during breastfeeding. One reported irritability in her breastfed infant.[8]