Perfectly compatible with breastfeeding. So, by the way are antiinflammatory drugs. She can get ibuprofen without a prescription. I'm sorry to encourage her to self medicate, because I think the relationship between a physician and his/her patient is important and useful; but if the physician is not amenable to revisiting the question of drugs and breastfeeding, this seems a reasonable approach by the mother. Jack Newman, MD, FRCPC