Medications and Breastfeeding

Drug Information Sources

Rocky Mountain Drug Consultation Center
Denver, Colorado
900 285-3784
(Fee charged for call. Average cost $8.80. Consumers and professionals can use this service)

Pharmasoft Publishing
http://www.iBreastfeeding.com
Thomas Hale will answer questions posed to the web site by health care providers only

Nuclear Regulatory Commission
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1556/v9/nureg-1556-9.pdf#page=310
Activities of radiopharmaceuticals that require instructions and records when administered to patients who are breastfeeding an infant or child. Program-Specific Guidance About Medical Use Licenses - Final Report (NUREG-1556, Vol. 9, Appendix U.)

Publications

American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Drugs. Transfer of drugs and other chemicals into human milk. Pediatrics 2001; Sep;108(3):776-89
http://www.aap.org/policy/0063.html

Blumenthal M, Busse W, Goldberg A, et al (Eds). The complete German Commission E monographs: therapeutic guide to herbal medicines. Boston: Integrative Medicine Communications, 1998

Briggs GG, Freeman RK, Yaffe SJ: Drugs in pregnancy and lactation. 6th edition. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 2001 (quarterly updates available by subscription; focuses more on pregnancy)

Friedman JM, Polifka J. The effects of drugs on the fetus and nursing infants: a handbook for health care professionals. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996

Hale T: Medications and mothers milk. 11^th edition. Amarillo, TX: Pharmasoft Medical Publishing, 2004

Hale T: Clinical therapy in breastfeeding patients. Amarillo, TX: Pharmasoft Publishing, 1999

Lawrence RA, Lawrence RM. Breastfeeding: A guide for the medical profession, 5th ed. St. Louis, MO: Mosby, Inc., 1999:351-393

Lawrence RA. A review of the medical benefits and contraindications to breastfeeding in the United States. (Maternal and Child Health Technical Information Bulletin). Arlington, V A: National Center for Education in V1atemal and Child Health, 1997

Nice FJ, Snyder JL, Kotansky BC. Breastfeeding and over-the-counter medications. J Hum Lact 2000; 16:319-331