Jake,

I am confused.  I could perhaps be misremembering what I heard at a conference.  What I understood from that conference is:

* a huge proportion of drugs prescribed by pediatricians for use in infants and young children are not specifically FDA approved for that purpose
* many of the drugs prescribed for fertility treatments are not specifically FDA approved for that purpose
* that compounding pharmacies are legally allowed to compound and dispense domperidone -- and while the FDA doesn't like it, they lost the fight over controlling compounding pharmacies

There are several MDs, including a breastfeeding medicine specialist who do prescribe domperidone in our area.

Has there been some battle that was won by the FDA that I am unaware of? And are they now going to crack down on pediatricians who prescribe the many drugs that have not gone through thorough trials in infants and young children? 

Best regards, 

Susan Burger, MHS, PhD, IBCLC

             ***********************************************

Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html
To reach list owners: [log in to unmask]
Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask]
COMMANDS:
1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail
2. To start it again: set lactnet mail
3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet
4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome