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Actually, prednisone is one of the drugs which is not necessarily okay
during breastfeeding just because it is okay during pregnancy. That is
because it apparently does *not* cross the placenta. However, prednisone is
generally safe during lactation because only very small amounts get into the
milk. Hardly a concern for the baby. If you look in Hale, he states that
data suggest that when a mother is taking 120 mg of prednisone/day the baby
would be getting about 47 micrograms/day. Doses of 80 mg/day in mothers
produce insignificant absorption infants (<0.1% of dose).
By the way, I would guess your patient is on 30 mg, not 3 mg/day.
Jack Newman, MD, FRCPC
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