Anti-inflammatory drugs to reduce breast milk

For mothers who are breastfeeding, it is inevitable to use some medications in their lives. But mothers also know that if they take medicine themselves, it will be very bad for the baby's health. In addition, if mothers take some anti-inflammatory drugs, their milk may stop flowing. So, for mothers who are breastfeeding, how should they take medications to avoid affecting their children?

Sometimes breastfeeding mothers have to take some medicines. For example, if they have toothache or inflammation of surgical wounds, new mothers can only relieve the condition by taking anti-inflammatory drugs. If you take anti-inflammatory drugs during breastfeeding, new mothers should pay attention to stopping breastfeeding for a period of time, generally 3 days is best.

Mothers also need to pay special attention during breastfeeding. The side effects of drugs will also affect the baby through breast milk. If you encounter a necessary medication that cannot be taken during breastfeeding, you will need to stop breastfeeding for a period of time. It is best to suspend breastfeeding during the medication period. Generally, breastfeeding can be resumed three days after stopping the medication. During this period, it is best to switch to formula feeding and use a breast pump to extract breast milk.

Can I take anti-inflammatory drugs while breastfeeding? Anti-inflammatory drugs are generally used to treat inflammation. Mothers who have undergone caesarean section may consider taking anti-inflammatory drugs because they are worried about wound infection. However, because breastfeeding is a special period, new mothers need to be especially careful when taking anti-inflammatory drugs and other medications. Can I take anti-inflammatory drugs during breastfeeding? It is better to be cautious when taking anti-inflammatory drugs so as not to affect normal breastfeeding for the baby.

1. When breastfeeding women take medication, they often only focus on whether the medication affects milk secretion, rarely consider the effect of the medication on the baby, or simply don't know which medications have an effect on the baby. In fact, many drugs can enter the baby's body through the mother's breast milk and have an effect on the infant. Although the concentration of some drugs entering breast milk is very low, it still has a significant impact on the baby's tender body.

2. Although most drugs will not affect the baby at normal doses, it is still recommended that breastfeeding mothers tell their doctors that they are breastfeeding before taking the medicine on their own so that the doctor can prescribe suitable medicines and choose medicines with shorter duration to minimize the amount of medicine that passes through breast milk. In addition, if a breastfeeding mother takes medicine after feeding her baby with breast milk, she should feed the baby when the concentration of the medicine in the breast milk reaches the lowest (usually within 4 hours), so that the baby will be safer.

3. The following drugs should be avoided or used with caution by breastfeeding women

(1) Traditional Chinese medicine such as roasted malt, Sichuan pepper, and Glauber's salt, and Western medicine such as levodopa, ergonovine, estrogen, vitamin B6, atropine, and diuretics can cause mothers to stop breastfeeding. Therefore, mothers should not take it easily during breastfeeding.

(2)Penicillin antibiotics. Including various penicillins such as penicillin, neopenicillin II, neopenicillin III, and aminobencillin. This type of medicine rarely enters breast milk, but in some cases it can cause allergic reactions in babies, so you should be careful.