Question

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

Gamma-Rays lactation summary

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

Look after the radioactive drug used and choose that with the lowest half-life span. Extract breast-milk in advance and pool it into a refrigerator for some days. After test, keep breast pumping in order of maintaining milk production, dispose extracted milk for a time period that depends on radioisotope used and feed the baby with pooled milk. See below the information of this related group:
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