Question

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

Levomepromazinum lactation summary

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