>From:    "Kim Block, RNC, MSN, IBCLC" <[log in to unmask]>


>Hi, Lactnetters:  I have several questions re: Meds.  A client called today
>asking if it is OK to take Cortisone by injection while breastfeeding.
>The second question is about 2 meds. being prescribed quite often by the docs
>for postpartum moms in the hospital: Unisyn and Cipro.  Neither of these
>drugs are listed in the above sources, so I have no ammunition when the docs
>say no breastfeeding.


Hi Dr. Jack Newman a pediatrician who runs the breast feeding clinic at
Toronto Sick Kids Hospital in Toronto Ontario Canada has a list of
contraindicated medications. Cortisones including the one you mention as
well as prednisone etc are not contraindicated while breast feeding. Cipro
has not been studied extensively but he feels is likely perfectly safe. I
don't know the other you mention. Likely sold in Canada under another name.
He has a policy there that doctors have to consult him to find an
alternative to a contrainducated drug. They can't just tell the mom she has
to stop nursing. (I wish all hospitals had such a policy.)

I could snail mail you the info or if you wish his address in Canada to
write for the information please email me privately.


Karen Cunningham M.D. C.C.F.P.
London Ontario Canada
Email : [log in to unmask]
(My husbands address)