I am a breastfeeding mother and i want to know if it is safe to use Maternal Lyme Disease? Is Maternal Lyme Disease safe for nursing mother and child? Does Maternal Lyme Disease extracts into breast milk? Does Maternal Lyme Disease has any long term or short term side effects on infants? Can Maternal Lyme Disease influence milk supply or can Maternal Lyme Disease decrease milk supply in lactating mothers?
- DrLact safety Score for Maternal Lyme Disease is 1 out of 8 which is considered Safe as per our analyses.
- A safety Score of 1 indicates that usage of Maternal Lyme Disease is mostly safe during lactation for breastfed baby.
- Our study of different scientific research also indicates that Maternal Lyme Disease does not cause any serious side effects in breastfeeding mothers.
- Most of scientific studies and research papers declaring usage of Maternal Lyme Disease 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.
Whenever a diagnosis is established in both the mother and the infant to start a treatment is mandatory. Doxycycline is the treatment of choise for the mother, which is not contraindicated while BF. Amoxicillin, cefuroxime or macrolide antimicrobials are the preferred treatment for infants. See below the information of these related products:
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