Hi, Anne: Hale lists Cipro as L4-Hazardous for breastfeeding but I was talking to one of my patients who also is a pharmacist who told me that for the standard 5 day course, she herself would feel comfortable taking Cipro but that she would not recommend breastfeeding if the mom was on a longer course for a more severe infection. So there is another opinion. Remember, as the LC and the MD help a mother make a decision as to whether to take a med or not, the age/health status of the baby must be taken into account, as well as how much a baby is nursing per day, as well as things like the drug's half-life. One option that moms have that we frequently forget about is to drop down to part-time nursing to minimize the amount of med that the baby is being exposed to. Hope this helps. Pam Hirsch, RN,BSN,CLC Clinical Lead, Lactation Services Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital Barrington, IL USA *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] 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