Question

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

Schizophrenia lactation summary

Schizophrenia is dangerous in breastfeeding
  • DrLact safety Score for Schizophrenia is 7 out of 8 which is considered Dangerous as per our analyses.
  • A safety Score of 7 indicates that usage of Schizophrenia may cause toxic or severe side effects in breastfed baby.
  • Our study of different scientific research indicates that Schizophrenia may cause moderate to high side effects or may affect milk supply in lactating mother.
  • Our suggestion is to use safer alternate options rather than using Schizophrenia .
  • Usage of Schizophrenia is in contradiction to breastfeeding hence if it is must to use Schizophrenia and there is no better alternative available then breastfeeding shall be stopped permanently or temporarily.
  • 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 Schizophrenia usage in lactation

Medication used on it and behavioral disorder involved make it BF not feasible. There is a need for a great deal of support and therapeutic assessment in those cases when the mother or/and the psychiatrist decided to follow-on BF, in which case, the latter constitutes a therapeutic resource.
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