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Date: | Tue, 3 Jun 1997 14:46:55 -0500 |
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I disagree with the take of the University of Utah "Pregnancy Riskline".
Evidence suggests that both these drugs should appear in milk in very
low amounts. The baby's blood level would never be as high as the
mother's, unless the drug had a very long half life in the baby.
However, an article in the New England Journal (April 17) showed *no
effect* on the baby's lymphocytes' reuptake of serotonin. This agrees
with anecdotal evidence of the drugs' low excretion into milk and low
levels in the baby. The evidence of the mother who put the baby on soy
is not convincing. There are all sorts of reasons this might occur, and
have nothing to do with the drug.
Jack Newman, MD, FRCPC
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