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I have a patient who has lupus that came to me for preconception
counseling. She is on Plaquinil, a drug which has kept the lupus in
remission. I am told by the perinatologists with whom I consulted that she
would be better off staying on this med while trying to conceive and
during pregnancy. What I need to know is whether there are
contraindications to continuing the med while breastfeeding. Also, if
others have any experience to share regarding mothers breastfeeding with
lupus, I am interested in hearing them. This young woman has had the
disease about five years. She is otherwise healthy, has no kidney
involvement, but does have a type of antibody present that her
rheumatologist says is often involved in neonatal lupus syndrome.
TIA.
C. Ione Sims, CNM
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