Question

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

Thirotropin-Alfa lactation summary

Thirotropin-Alfa usage has low risk in breastfeeding
  • DrLact safety Score for Thirotropin-Alfa is 3 out of 8 which is considered Low Risk as per our analyses.
  • A safety Score of 3 indicates that usage of Thirotropin-Alfa may cause some minor side effects in breastfed baby.
  • Our study of different scientific research indicates that Thirotropin-Alfa may cause moderate to no side effects in lactating mother.
  • Most of scientific studies and research papers declaring usage of Thirotropin-Alfa low risk in breastfeeding are based on normal dosage and may not hold true for higher dosage.
  • While using Thirotropin-Alfa 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 Thirotropin-Alfa usage in lactation

Synthetic hormone with similar effect to those of natural occurring TSH. It is used to make a test for detection of thyroid cancer, or residual of tumor by radioactive Iodine. (See this product)

Alternate Drugs for Diagnostic agents. ATC V04

Tuberculin(Safe)
Carbon-13 labelled Urea(Safe)
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