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>I am currently taking medication to treat menorrhagia and I am unsure
>whether to use one of them. I have found out that one is safe and it has
>even been used in women with placental abruption with no problems. But the
>other I am reading mixed information.
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>Dylan only nurses at night most of the time at the moment. The medicine I
>am concerned about is called mefenamic acid.  It's brand name here is Ponstan
>but I think it is Ponstel in the US. Some info says it can cause cardiac
>problems in infants and no studies have been done on children to find out
>the effects. It is an NSAID which is also a anti-prostaglandin. I am not
>taking it at the moment  for other reasons but I thought I would ask
>others' reaction on this. The amount he drinks is pretty small overall and
>I think it is still a small amount that gets through to the milk. I think
>that this is concern for infants who are getting all their nutrition or
>most of it from mom which is the cause of concern.   BTW, this med is
>actually OTC here in Australia.
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>Thanks for any thoughts regarding this.
>
Kathy D.
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