Is Cloramin Safe in Breastfeeding
Question
I am a breastfeeding mother and i want to know if it is safe to use Cloramin? Is Cloramin safe for nursing mother and child? Does Cloramin extracts into breast milk? Does Cloramin has any long term or short term side effects on infants? Can Cloramin influence milk supply or can Cloramin decrease milk supply in lactating mothers?
Cloramin lactation summary
- DrLact safety Score for Cloramin is 7 out of 8 which is considered Dangerous as per our analyses.
- A safety Score of 7 indicates that usage of Cloramin may cause toxic or severe side effects in breastfed baby.
- Our study of different scientific research indicates that Cloramin 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 Cloramin .
- Usage of Cloramin is in contradiction to breastfeeding hence if it is must to use Cloramin 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 Cloramin usage in lactation
We are working on a comment for this product.
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