Medicine consumption during breastfeeding and assessment of infant risk

Authors

  • Anne Fayma Lopes Chaves
    • Alanna Helenn Marques Dias
      • Ingrid Kerolly Almeida Dias
        • Juliane Kerly Silva Martins
          • Rebeca Silveira Rocha
            • Mônica Oliveira Batista Oriá

              DOI:

              https://doi.org/10.15253/2175-6783.2017000300015

              Keywords:

              Nursing, Breast Feeding, Drug Utilization, Lactation.

              Abstract

              Objective: to estimate medicine consumption during breastfeeding and the risk to the infant. Methods: descriptive study, carried out in a Primary Health Care Unit with 130 infants. The data collection was donethrough a form with objective questions, analyzed in Epiinfo. Results:73 (56.0%) nursing mothers had used medication during breastfeeding. The most used drugs were antianemics (n=48, 66.0%) and analgesic/antipyretic drugs (n=11, 14.4%). The majority of the drugs consumed were compatible with breastfeeding(n=71, 97.2%), except for Phenobarbital (n=1, 1.4%) and Losartan (n=1, 1.4%. Conclusion: it was evidenced that medicine consumption during breastfeeding was high among nursing mothers, but most of the drugs presented low risk, that is, they were drugs compatible with lactation.

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              Published

              2017-08-21

              Issue

              Vol. 18 No. 3 (2017)

              Section

              Letters to the editor

              How to Cite

              1.
              Chaves AFL, Dias AHM, Dias IKA, Martins JKS, Rocha RS, Oriá MOB. Medicine consumption during breastfeeding and assessment of infant risk. Rev Rene [Internet]. 2017 Aug. 21 [cited 2026 May 1];18(3):390-5. Available from: https://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/20070