However, this medicine may be needed in serious diseases or other situations that threaten the mother's life. Be sure you have discussed this with your doctor. Aminoglycosides pass into breast milk in small amounts. However, they are not absorbed very much when taken by mouth. To date, aminoglycosides have not been reported to cause problems in nursing babies.
Children are especially sensitive to the effects of aminoglycosides.
Damage to hearing, sense of balance, and kidneys is more likely to occur in premature infants and neonates. Serious side effects, such as damage to hearing, sense of balance, and kidneys may occur in elderly patients. Although certain medicines should not be used together at all, in other cases two different medicines may be used together even if an interaction might occur. In these cases, your doctor may want to change the dose, or other precautions may be necessary. The presence of other medical problems may affect the use of the aminoglycosides.