Most medications are safe for women to take while nursing, according to the first American Academy of Pediatrics report to tackle the subject in more than a decade.
Many women are "inappropriately" counseled to discontinue certain medications or to stop breastfeeding altogether, says the report, published online in the journal Pediatrics on Monday. But the majority of medications and immunizations pose no risk to mothers or babies, and the report urges doctors to consider specific risks and benefits, keeping in mind the health and age of the baby, rather than making blanket recommendations.
"There are relatively few drugs that have to be avoided, or that you cannot breastfeed and take," said Dr. Ruth Lawrence, a professor of pediatrics and obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Rochester Medical Center and author of Breastfeeding: A Guide for the Medical Profession, who did not work on the report. She estimated that of the 80 percent of women who attempt to breastfeed or aspire to, less than 10 percent might have to stop taking a medication.
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