Question

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

Levomeprazine lactation summary

Levomeprazine is unsafe in breastfeeding
  • DrLact safety Score for Levomeprazine is 5 out of 8 which is considered Unsafe as per our analyses.
  • A safety Score of 5 indicates that usage of Levomeprazine may cause serious side effects in breastfed baby.
  • Our study of different scientific research indicates that Levomeprazine 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 Levomeprazine .
  • It is recommended to evaluate the advantage of not breastfeeding while using Levomeprazine Vs not using Levomeprazine And continue breastfeeding.
  • While using Levomeprazine Its must to monitor 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 Levomeprazine usage in lactation

No data on transfer into breastmilk are available. No side-effects have been described, as a caution however, choose the shortest half-life span anti-psychotic phenotiazine drugs.

Alternate Drugs for Anti-psychotics Phenotiazines

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