Lisa M states:
<<There
are some drugs that just shouldn't be taken with some kinds of foods, or ANY
foods, for proper absorption. Fenugreek should not be singled out from all
the other high fiber foods as being somehow more worrisome.>>
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Lisa, EXACTLY! Very well said. The important thing for us as IBCLCs is to
know how to advise mothers on taking medications. For example, my daughter
takes synthroid. Synthroid MUST be taken on an empty stomach as taken with
any other drug -- or food -- will decrease its potency. Interestingly enough,
thyroid meds are often given in the hospital during routine med rounds --
9-1-5-9 or 10-2-6-10 -- they pay no attention to that whatsoever. (Just
checked on that with my dh, the pharmacist, and sure enough, at the hospital where
he is director of pharmacy, it is given as a routine drug, once a day, in the
morning with all the other meds).
However, when Torrey started taking hers on a empty stomach as FINALLY told
to her by her endocrinologist AFTER she had been on the medication for about
8 years, she could decrease the dosage because it was more effective.
So the point is, we need to know what is going to be effective and how
should people take it. If it is going to decrease the effectiveness of other
drugs (i.e. St John's Wort decreases the effectiveness of oral contraceptives --
so you may have a lot of very happy pregnant people), we need to know what
those are so we can advise the mom appropriately -- not just give a blanket
statement of because this can happen, we can't recommend that.
Thanks again, Lisa.
Jan Barger, RN, MA, IBCLC
_Lactation Education Consultants_
(http://www.lactationeducationconsultants.com/)
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