Question

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

Lyme Disease Vaccine lactation summary

Lyme Disease Vaccine is safe in breastfeeding
  • DrLact safety Score for Lyme Disease Vaccine is 1 out of 8 which is considered Safe as per our analyses.
  • A safety Score of 1 indicates that usage of Lyme Disease Vaccine is mostly safe during lactation for breastfed baby.
  • Our study of different scientific research also indicates that Lyme Disease Vaccine does not cause any serious side effects in breastfeeding mothers.
  • Most of scientific studies and research papers declaring usage of Lyme Disease Vaccine 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 Lyme Disease Vaccine usage in lactation

A vaccine made of recombinant outer surface proteins from Borrelia burgdorferi (CDC1999). Since the last update, we have not found any published data on its excretion in breast milk. Its very high molecular weight makes its transfer to milk in significant quantities very unlikely.Its low oral bioavailability would hinder its transfer to the infant’s plasma from ingested breast milk because, due to its protein nature, it degrades in the gastrointestinal tract, and is not absorbed. This vaccine was withdrawn from sale in 2002, after only a few years of availability (FDA 2002) for reasons unrelated to its effectiveness (Kaaijk 2016, Aronowitz 2012). Vaccines are compatible with breastfeeding, both those that are live attenuated microorganisms, as well as those that are dead, inactivated or those formed by parts of or toxoids of the same (Sachs 2013, CDC 2011).With the exception of rubella, smallpox and yellow fever, live virus vaccines are not excreted in breast milk and do not cause problems in infants, except for yellow fever in children under 6 months (Sachs 2013, CDC 2011).Breastfeeding can improve the antibody response of vaccines (CDC 2011).Women who breastfeed can and should be protected with the recommended vaccines like other adults.
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