I would like to echo the reluctance to advise women to pump and dump before we have exhausted the information resources available to us. In addition to imposing a hardly- ever- necessary burden on a lactating woman, this advice reinforces the widely held myth that breastmilk is somehow magically transformed into a harmful substance as soon as a woman swallows a pill. Despite living in one of the premier areas of the country for supposedly state-of-the art medical care, I hear horror stories about bad advice re: lactation and medicine all the time. If I hear one more story about a woman who was told to wean for a two week course of antibiotics or a short course of steroids(not to mention the women who are told to "pump and dump" following local anesthesia for dental work) I am going to scream. At the very least, we need to avail ourselves of the *good* information sources. Does some enterprising Lactnut feel up to compiling a short bibliography of such and posting it for those of us with less medical background? In addition, a nodding aquaintance with the basic terminology of the pharmacology of drugs and breastmilk, such as provided by Dr. Hale, is invaluable. Just the basics---protein binding, molecular weight, half-life , oral bioavailability, etc. has made me much more confident that I am understanding the recommendations that I encounter. Karen Kavesh in Philadelphia (Who was also told to wean before a root canal) *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html