Free Medical Reference on Drugs and Lactation
March 10, 2007 by Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor
Filed under breast milk, health of the baby, health of the mother, medication
Before I concluded yesterday’s interview with Dr. Jane Morton, Director of Breastfeeding Medicine at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital and Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at Stanford University School of Medicine, I couldn’t help grilling her on my pet peeve about medical doctors and breastfeeding knowledge: breastfeeding and medications. I have asked many a doctor whether a medication is safe to take while breastfeeding and been told a simple, flat-out “No” because that was the safe answer for the doctor whether it was true or not. Many times the doctor should have answered, “Let me look that up for you” or “I …read more
