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Subject:
silicone implants
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newman <[log in to unmask]>
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Lactation Information and Discussion <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Thu, 18 Mar 1999 13:53:31 -0500
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No need to test the milk. No need to worry about silicone in the milk.
Silicone is inert and does not get absorbed from the gi tract. Colic
medicine is often silicone.

Dr. Chet Berlin had an article in Pediatrics a few years ago on the benign
nature of silicone.  I have it somewhere in my piles of paper, but can't
find it. It shouldn't be difficult to find with the above info.

The LC was way off base, if that is what she told the mother. We offer
advice, not commandments.

Jack Newman, MD, FRCPC

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