Question

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

Minozinan lactation summary

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