The use of galactogogues in the breastfeeding mother;Uso de estimulantes de producción de leche materna en madres que amamantan

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1392-1404

  Forinash, Alicia B ^a   Yancey, Abigail M ^a   Barnes, Kylie N ^b   Myles, Thomas D ^c  

^a ST LOUIS COLLEGE OF PHARMACY   (United States)

^b St Louis College of Pharmac   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast milk; Breastfeeding; Fenugreek; Galactogogue; Herbals; Lactation; Metoclopramide; Milk thistle; Oxytocin; Silymarin

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DOMPERIDONE; FENUGREEK EXTRACT; GALACTOGOGUE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; LIOTHYRONINE; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; OXYTOCIN; PLACEBO; PROLACTIN; SILYMARIN; THYROID HORMONE DERIVATIVE; THYROXINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALFALFA; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS; BEER; BLOATING; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CALORIC INTAKE; CONSTIPATION; DATA BASE; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ENTEROPATHY; EPISTAXIS; FACE RASH; FATIGUE; FENUGREEK; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD; GALEGA OFFICINALIS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HAIR LOSS; HUMAN; LACTATION; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MEDICINAL PLANT; MILK PRODUCTION; NAUSEA; NERVOUSNESS; ONICUS BENEDICTUS; PAIN; PREGNANCY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PRURITUS; PUERPERIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIDE EFFECT; SILYBUM MARIANUM; TERATOGENICITY; TERMINALIA CATAPPA; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT DURATION; UTERUS CONTRACTION; VERTIGO; WORKING TIME; XEROSTOMIA;

BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; GALACTOGOGUES; HUMANS; LACTATION; MOTHERS; PHYTOTHERAPY;

EID: 84867798609     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1R167     Document Type: Article

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