Jake said:
 
Domperidone is not approved for any use in the U.S.   Manufacture
(including by a compounding pharmacist) is illegal. Importation  via an
Internet pharmacy (from Canada, for example) is also  illegal.>>
 
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Domperidone is  made in the US and used in veterinary medicine.  Physicians 
have also used  it for specific stomach ailments.  Compounding pharmacies 
can make it as  long as it is prescribed by a physician.  
 
Saying something  is illegal isn't the same, as far as I know (but I'm not 
a JD, so Jake, feel  free to correct me) as having an actual LAW on the 
books prohibiting  something.  Just because the FDA hasn't approved domperidone 
for use in  breastfeeding mothers to increase milk supply (an "off label" 
use, if you will)  doesn't mean it can't be made and prescribed for other  
purposes.
 
Of course, the  REAL question is, WHY is the FDA so against this particular 
medication?   And yes, I  do know of a couple of mothers who had their 
domperidone seized  at the border.  
 
I suspect a  formula manufacturers rat, but I could be wrong, of course.... 
 :>D
 
Of course, that doesn't preclude the FDA and their minions from  attempting 
to shut down a compounding pharmacy who makes domperidone, nor from  
intimidating a physician who is prescribing it as some in this forum can attest  
to.  
 
I have moms that can get domperidone from their physicians and a  
compounding pharmacy in my area.
 
 
Jan Barger, RN, MA, IBCLC, FILCA
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