We were lucky enough to have Dr. Randall Craig, a local reproductive
endocrinologist, as guest speaker at this month's local ILCA chapter
meeting.  We asked him about domperidone because he's one of the local docs
who is willing to prescribe it.  We LC's were under the impression that
Domperidone has been removed by the FDA because of the fatalities associated
with intravenous use, although as another Lactneteer mentioned a few weeks
ago, the IV prep hasn't been available for 20 years.  Dr. Craig agreed that
the IV prep did cause problems, but that the drug was removed because of
abuse!  Evidently women who took the medication assumed that, "Some is good,
more must be better," and dramatically exceeded maximum recommended doses
for the drugs, hoping for more milk.  These high doses did lead to cardiac
problems, which is why the FDA stepped in and protected us from ourselves
once again (tongue in cheek).  So they'd rather remove the magic milk-making
drug instead of doing a better job of advising patients against the side
effects of overdose, and possibly implementing a consent form.  Hmph.

Speaking of the FDA and Domperidone, many local moms have recently had their
Domperidone shipments from globaldrug.tv (from New Zealand) seized by
Customs, after which the moms got a nastygram from them, daring them to
challenge the Customs' ruling.  Some of these moms were already taking the
drug and ordered refills, only to be left with little or no time to find an
alternate source before running out and having to quit cold-turkey.  They
also won't get their money back, adding insult to injury.

Debbie Gillespie, IBCLC, LLLL
Sunny Tempe, AZ

On Mon, 3 Apr 2006 10:04:44 -0700, Hoover, Janet - DH <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

>Hello! Is anyone using a consent form for domperidone? We have a compounding
>pharmacist in town and doctors that were willing to write prescriptions
>until an OB went on a Anti-Domperidone tirade. Now the docs would like to
>have a consent form signed by the parents.
>
>Anyone using a consent they would like to share? Is the FDA causing any
>problems about domperidone or have they moved on to the next big "threat to
>our health"?
>
>Thanks,
>Janet
>
>Janet Hoover, LM, IBCLC
>Lactation Consultant
>Santa Cruz, CA
>mailto:[log in to unmask]
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