Is IHD Safe in Breastfeeding
Question
I am a breastfeeding mother and i want to know if it is safe to use IHD? Is IHD safe for nursing mother and child? Does IHD extracts into breast milk? Does IHD has any long term or short term side effects on infants? Can IHD influence milk supply or can IHD decrease milk supply in lactating mothers?
IHD lactation summary
- DrLact safety Score for IHD is 3 out of 8 which is considered Low Risk as per our analyses.
- A safety Score of 3 indicates that usage of IHD may cause some minor side effects in breastfed baby.
- Our study of different scientific research indicates that IHD may cause moderate to no side effects in lactating mother.
- Most of scientific studies and research papers declaring usage of IHD low risk in breastfeeding are based on normal dosage and may not hold true for higher dosage.
- While using IHD We suggest monitoring 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 IHD usage in lactation
The amount of nitrates in breast milk is not related to level of contamination in drinking water (ingest <100 mg/day of nitrate do not produce milk with elevated nitrate levels). By this reason, breastfed babies from regions with nitrate contaminated water do not have increased risk of Metahemoglobinemia like bottle-fed babies do. The amount of nitrate compounds contained in vasodilator medication is so small that no problems have been reported while breastfeeding.
Alternate Drugs for Vasodilators and other cardiac preparations. ATC C01D-E
Coenzyme Q10(Low Risk)
Heptaminol-Hcl(Unsafe)
Isosorbide Mononitrate(Low Risk)
Ivabradine(Unsafe)
Trimetazidine(Unsafe)
Ubidecarenone(Low Risk)
Ubiquinone 10(Low Risk)