Pseudoephedrine: Effects on milk production in women and estimation of infant exposure via breastmilk

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 18-24

  Aljazaf, Khalidah ^a   Hale, Thomas W ^b   Ilett, Kenneth F ^c,f   Hartmann, Peter E ^d   Mitoulas, Leon R ^d   Kristensen, Judith H ^e   Hackett, L Peter ^f  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e Pharmacy Department   (Australia)

^f Western Australian Centre for Pathology and Medical Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

Human milk; Infant dose; M:P ratio; Milk production; Pseudoephedrine

Indexed keywords

PROLACTIN; PSEUDOEPHEDRINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREAST; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG MILK LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LACTATION; MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE DOSE; MILK PRODUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERINATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STEADY STATE; TISSUE BLOOD FLOW;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ADULT; BREAST; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EPHEDRINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LACTATION; MILK, HUMAN; PROLACTIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037660849     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2125.2003.01822.x     Document Type: Article

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