Kirsten: thank you... this is the piece that is needed/ i would think that with this information the search is done. Patricia > Perhaps I'm being overly simplistic. But any agent that has to be given > intravenously because it can't be absorbed through the stomach (destroyed by > stomach acids etc) to my mind can't be absorbed by the BABY because their > stomach acids will do the same thing to whatever percentage of the drug is > transferred to breastmilk. > Am I being to nieve? > *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html