Is Vitamin B12 Depot Safe in Breastfeeding
Question
I am a breastfeeding mother and i want to know if it is safe to use Vitamin B12 Depot? Is Vitamin B12 Depot safe for nursing mother and child? Does Vitamin B12 Depot extracts into breast milk? Does Vitamin B12 Depot has any long term or short term side effects on infants? Can Vitamin B12 Depot influence milk supply or can Vitamin B12 Depot decrease milk supply in lactating mothers?
Vitamin B12 Depot lactation summary
- DrLact safety Score for Vitamin B12 Depot is 1 out of 8 which is considered Safe as per our analyses.
- A safety Score of 1 indicates that usage of Vitamin B12 Depot is mostly safe during lactation for breastfed baby.
- Our study of different scientific research also indicates that Vitamin B12 Depot does not cause any serious side effects in breastfeeding mothers.
- Most of scientific studies and research papers declaring usage of Vitamin B12 Depot safe in breastfeeding are based on normal dosage and may not hold true for higher 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 Vitamin B12 Depot usage in lactation
It has been observed B12 vitamin deficiencies in some mothers who are strictly on vegetarian diet.A balanced and comprehensive diet make it vitamin supplementation useless.
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