I am posting the following information from Jennifer,
Maureen Fjeld
Calgary, Alberta Canada

The following information is from the Center for Breastfeeding Information
at LLLI and may be of interest.

From:
Jennifer Peddlesden BScPharm IBCLC
CPhA Representative to the BCC

September 2001
Breastfeeding Paper of the Month

"The Transfer of Drugs and Other Chemicals Into Human Milk," by the AAP
Committee on Drugs. Published in Pediatrics 01-9;108(3):776-89

These statements had been issued in 1983, 1989 and 1994, and this update is
intended to revise the lists of agents transferred into human milk.  A
common reason for the cessation of breastfeeding is the use of medication by
the nursing mother and advice by her physician to stop nursing.  Such advice
may not be warranted.  This statement is intended to supply the
pediatrician, obstetrician, and family physician with data, if known,
concerning the excretion of drugs into human milk.  Most drugs likely to be
prescribed to the nursing mother should have no effect on milk supply or on
infant well-being.  This information is important not only to protect
nursing infants from untoward effects of maternal medication but also to
allow effective pharmacologic treatment of breastfeeding mothers.

The CBI has categorized this article into the following subject
categories/keywords:  Drugs-Lists, Psychotropic, Gastric, Substance
Abuse-Tobacco, Growth, Professional Attitudes, Breast Size,
Contraindications for Breastfeeding and Professional Attitudes.

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