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> Date: Wed, 04 Dec 1996 22:14:56 -0700
> From: Darillyn Starr <[log in to unmask]>
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> Subject: Premies and amitriptyline
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> A few weeks ago, a patient of my husband's delivered a 27 weeker. The
> mother called me a few days ago for suggestions on how to keep her milk>
supply up while she is pumping. I assumed that the baby was being fed> the
milk she was pumping, but assumed wrong. The neonatologist said> that,
since she was taking amitriptyline up to the day she delivered,> she has to
throw away her milk until 30 days after her last dose. He> claims that
since the baby is a premie, this drug is so dangerous that> even a trace of
it would render the breastmilk more hazardous than> formula, even though the
baby was exposed to the drug all during> gestation.
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> I expressed my concerns to the mother, but she seems convinced that this>
guy knows what he is doing. It sounds to me like he doesn't have a clue>
what he is doing and is endangering this baby's life.
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> I do not have any references to amitriptyline during lactation that
> specifically address premature babies. Does anyone have any such info?
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> Thanks!
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> Darillyn Starr
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