Maternal Medication, Drug Use, and Breastfeeding

Pediatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 275-294

  Rowe, Hilary ^a   Baker, Teresa ^b   Hale, Thomas W ^c  

^a Fraser Health   (Canada)

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

^c SURREY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Antidepressants; Breastfeeding; Infant exposure; Medications

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; CANNABIS; CITALOPRAM; CLONAZEPAM; CODEINE; DESVENLAFAXINE; DEXAMPHETAMINE; DULOXETINE; ESCITALOPRAM; FLUOXETINE; FLURAZEPAM; FLUVOXAMINE; LAMOTRIGINE; LORAZEPAM; METHYLPHENIDATE; METOPROLOL; MIDAZOLAM; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; PAROXETINE; PROPRANOLOL; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE; SERTRALINE; TOPIRAMATE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VALPROIC ACID; VENLAFAXINE; ZOLPIDEM; ZOPICLONE;

ACCURACY; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG USE; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION; INSOMNIA; LACTATION; LIVER; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL SMOKING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MILK LEVEL; MILK PRODUCTION; NAUSEA; PAIN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; REVIEW;

BREAST FEEDING; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; GALACTOGOGUES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LACTATION; MILK, HUMAN; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PHARMACOKINETICS;

EID: 84869826745     PISSN: 00313955     EISSN: 15578240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcl.2012.10.009     Document Type: Review

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