Breast milk benefits

Infliximab is FDA category B and also appears to carry minimal risk in pregnant patients. Little is known about excretion of infliximab in breast milk, so benefit versus risk should be considered if it is used during nursing. 

While unnecessary medications clearly should be avoided during pregnancy or lactation, clinicians also should avoid undertreating conditions that can lead to adverse maternal, fetal, or infant outcomes. Additionally, clinicians should avoid unnecessarily discouraging breast-feeding because breast milk provides nutritional and immunologic benefit to the infant. 

No adequate studies have been conducted using diethyl-propion in pregnant women therefore, the drug should be used only if the benefit outweighs potential fetal risk. Use with caution in nursing mothers because the drug is excreted in breast milk.40... 

Lactation Topiramate is excreted in the milk of lactating rats. Limited observations in patients suggest an extensive secretion of topiramate into breast milk. Weigh the potential benefit to the mother against the potential risk to the infant. 

Lactation Most of these agents are excreted in breast milk in small quantities. Children When using cephalosporins in infants, consider the relative benefit to risk. In neonates, accumulation of cephalosporin antibiotics (with resulting prolongation of drug half-life) has occurred. 

Lactation Ertapenem is excreted in breast milk. Exercise caution when ertapenem is administered to a nursing woman. Administer ertapenem to nursing mothers only when the expected benefit outweighs the risk. 

Lactation Ketoconazole is excreted in breast milk. Administer to nursing mothers only if the potential benefits outweigh the potential risks to the infant. 

Lactation Pyrazinamide has been found in small amounts in breast milk. Therefore, it is advised that pyrazinamide be used with caution in nursing mothers, taking into account the risk-benefit of this therapy. 

Lactation Because no information is available on the excretion of ethionamide in breast milk, administer to nursing mothers only if the benefits outweigh the risks. Children Investigations have been limited do not use in pediatric patients younger than 12 years of age except when the organisms are definitely resistant to primary therapy and systemic dissemination of the disease, or other life-threatening complications of tuberculosis, is judged to be imminent. 

Lactation It is not known whether oseltamivir or oseltamivir carboxylate is excreted in human breast milk. Therefore, use oseltamivir only if the potential benefit for the lactating mother justifies the potential risk to the breast-fed infant. 

Human milk is a s)mergistic package of essential nutrients and bioactive components. Epidemiological studies have demonstrated that consumption is associated with health benefits for many immune-related conditions (Table 2.1). Breast milk contains the nutrients necessary to support the development of the infant s immune system as well as other components that defend against infection. This includes various antimicrobial substances, factors that promote immime development, constituents that promote tolerance and the priming of the infant immime system, as well as anti-inflammatory components. The purpose of this chapter is to discuss the evidence for the immune benefits of human milk. 

The critical question for me and for you is whether or not it is safe to breastfeed. Unless you are an Inuit woman (whose diet of harbor seals makes her vulnerable to very high levels of PBDEs) or someone who lives near the site of an industrial accident, the answer is a big yes. This is because the benefits of breastfeeding greatly outweigh the risks, and, frankly, formula is far from pure. Some studies show that breast milk may... 

Let s first look at the benefits breast milk offers your baby. Then we ll examine the contamination issue. Breast milk is not just food. It is also medicine. It swarms with antibodies and white blood cells drawn from your own body. By drinking it, your infant comes to share your immune system. And benefits mightily from it. Breastfed infants have lower rates of hospitalization and death. They develop fewer respiratory infections,... 

And there are practical benefits, too. Breastfeeding can be done one-handed. (Indeed, I m nursing my son as I m writing these words.) Bottle-feeding, which takes two hands, makes multi-tasking impossible. Breast milk is so digestible that comparatively little comes out the other end. Less poop. And it has no offensive odor. Really. 

Children at Risk Very young children are more sensitive to mercury than adults are. Mercury in the mother s body passes to the fetus and can pass to a nursing infant through breast milk. However, the benefits of breast-feeding may be greater than the possible adverse effects of mercury in breast milk.90... 

Q12 Outline the composition of breast milk and explain the benefits to the baby of breastfeeding. 

There are many benefits of breast milk to the baby. Breastfed infants have a lower incidence of infections of the ear, gut, respiratory and urinary systems than bottle-fed infants. There is automatic compensation for fluid losses in hot weather the baby will take more milk but the milk becomes more dilute, so baby does not consume extra calories. Obviously, a major advantage of breast milk is that it is free and is conveniently available on demand, without the need for equipment to sterilize bottles. 

Citalopram is distributed in human breast milk. Es-citalopram (S-citalopram) enters the breast milk. These should only be used during pregnancy if the potential benefit to the mother outweighs the possible risk to the fetus (Table 1). 

Hypoprolactinemia is a hormonal imbalance with elevated levels of prolactin. Prolactin is normally elevated in nursing mothers, but abnormal amounts can cause impotence in men and amenorrhea and secretion of breast milk in women. A physician must first rule out the presence of a prolactinoma (pituitary tumor), but if there is no such tumor, saw palmetto along with white sage (Salvia apiana) and chaste tree (Vitex agnus-castus) may be of benefit. 

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