>Does anyone have information on taking a high dose of >amoxicillin, and breastfeeding? (I asked a local >pharmacist tonight, and he read that possible risks >in the infant include diarrhea, sensitization for allergies, >and candidiasis - he also made the flip comment that if >she'd just use a can of formula 'everybody's problem would >be solved'...sigh...) As the course is a short one, I would not imagine it would cause any serious problems for the baby at all (even candiasis seems unlikely to me with such a short-term dose). The problems the pharmacist mentioned are pretty irrational, IMHO. ABM is probably more likely to trigger allergies than antibiotics, even if they did absorb into the breastmilk (and I believe that antibiotic reactions are different to food reactions), the kind of diarrhoea you get with antibiotics is not infective and unlikely to be a real risk to the baby's health and you know better than me about the dangers of temporary weaning. BTW, I am not a doctor (just a sickly person with some medical training, who's had a lot of antibiotics in my life), but I think you've already had your answer from the pharmacist. It is his interpretation I disagree with. IMHO, the pharmacist is suggesting this mother potentially trigger lifelong allergies (by giving ABM) to avoid thrush or temporary diarrhoea. -- Anna (mummy to Emma, born 17th Jan 1995 and Alice, born 11th Sept 1996) Email: [log in to unmask] Web Page: http://www.ratbag.demon.co.uk/anna