An Area Professional Liaison Leader can usually supply this type of information to Leaders who request it. She may be waiting for someone else to make it for her. As another mother, our heart certainly goes out to her. As a Leader, we cannot make a decision for her. Several commonly held misconceptions concern the compatibility of a Mother's treatment with her desire to breastfeed her infant.
Medications prescribed for pregnant women are also appropriate for breastfeeding women.
Whether or not a medication can be taken during pregnancy is not a means of determining if the drug is compatible with breastfeeding. Medications taken during pregnancy are potentially transferred directly to the bloodstream of the fetus through the mother's blood. Medications taken by the mother during lactation are potentially transferred to the baby via her milk and may be absorbed through the infant's digestive tract. Each medication, therefore, needs to be examined individually to determine how it is present in the mother and how it could affect the infant. The baby's physical development is an area of concern.