Health Canada advisory on domperidone: Should I avoid prescribing domperidone to women to increase milk production?

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 952-953

  Bozzo, Pina ^a   Koren, Gideon ^a   Ito, Shinya ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b Motherisk Program   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOMPERIDONE; GALACTOGOGUE;

ADVISORY COMMITTEE; BREAST FEEDING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EXPOSURE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MILK PRODUCTION; PRESCRIPTION; QT INTERVAL; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; SIDE EFFECT; SUDDEN DEATH;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CANADA; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DOMPERIDONE; FEMALE; GALACTOGOGUES; HUMANS; LACTATION DISORDERS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84867345619     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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