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Fri, 8 Dec 2000 12:22:50 -0600
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Question: Can an LC or other person provide a mom with domperidone legally?

Marie, I agree with your statement:


Prescription drugs are given by prescription for a *reason.* As a nurse,
registered in NY, VA, and DC, I would fear that in giving *any*
prescription drug to an adult, far less a lactating mother, I'd be risking
my license to practice. My instructors at school always drilled it into us
that an action like this constitutes practicing medicine without a license.

However it's my impression that domperidone is not a prescription drug in
the US because it is  unavailable.  I don't have any idea what this might
do legally.  Does a drug that was formerly a prescription stay that way?
Any lawyers listening?


--Denny Rice, RN, IBCLC
--Dallas, Texas

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