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Wendy Jones <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 19 Feb 1999 15:40:08 EST
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Cindy asked about induced lactation from Risperidone.

This drug is used to treat acute and chronic psychoses and has a side effect
of increasing the prolactin level (as chlorpromazine,domperidone,
metoclopramide do).

There is no data on use by breastfeeding mothers; how hard to be told we dont
know if it's safe for you to breastfeed but , by the way, it will cause you to
make lots of milk.I had to pass this onto a pregnant mother recently. Her
cocktail of drugs to treat schizophrenia made it difficult to assess safety -
but she was stable so should that regime be changed?! Really hard!

Wendy Jones
Breastfeeding Network, UK
Pharmacist

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