Well, I am not even gonna do a Google search for this "new study" the formula rep was talking about. I have every confidence that it was funded by the company, and it sounds pretty suspect as a reason to change up whole levels of clinical protocol and practice. What are my clues? You have a sales rep for one particular brand telling you that one particular new product line (complete with its own Capital Letters trademark-protected name) is "better" for opiate-withdrawing babies (whose parents are not, apparently, lactating), compared to "other formula." Similarly, I am willing to bet the Ford car sales rep would tell me that their new Mustang model is "better" for sports car drivers compared to other car models/brands. And I am also willing to bet the Ford **marketing** department did a lot of **focus group studies** to "prove" that. Marketing focus groups -- comparing one intra-company model over another -- are a whole different kind of "study" than peer-reviewed clinical trials. More to the point: Those of us who are lactation advocates should not be wasting our time searching for a study that someone from a commercial milk formula manufacturer has said is good. Let THAT person produce the proof. If it was all that whiz-bang a study, the sales rep should have been able to give you the cite, a link, or a paper copy of it. -- Liz Brooks, JD, IBCLC, FILCA Wyndmoor, PA, USA Private practice IBCLC, speaker, author, educator, lactation advocate LizBrooksIBCLC.com @LizBrooksIBCLC *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask] COMMANDS: 1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome