Medicine consumption during breastfeeding and assessment of infant risk

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

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

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Nursing, Breast Feeding, Drug Utilization, Lactation.

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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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2017-08-21

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Chaves AFL, Dias AHM, Dias IKA, Martins JKS, Rocha RS, Oriá MOB. Medicine consumption during breastfeeding and assessment of infant risk. Rev Rene [Internet]. 21º de agosto de 2017 [citado 14º de setembro de 2025];18(3):390-5. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/20070

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