Antidepressants and breast-feeding : a review of the literature Dodd, Seetal, Buist, Anne and Norman, Trevor R. 2000, Antidepressants and breast-feeding : a review of the literature, Paediatric drugs, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 183-192. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Antidepressants and breast-feeding : a review of the literature Author(s) Dodd, Seetal orcid.org/0000-0002-7918-4636 Buist, Anne Norman, Trevor R. Journal name Paediatric drugs Volume number 2 Issue number 3 Start page 183 End page 192 Publisher Adis International Place of publication Auckland, N.Z. Publication date 2000-05 ISSN 1174-5878 1179-2019 Summary For every antidepressant so far investigated in the breast milk of mothers prescribed these medications, findings indicate that some amount of drug will be excreted into the breast milk. Nursing infants will be exposed to some, usually a very low, amount of drug and drugmetabolites. Levels of drug exposure to infants for the many antidepressants available are examined, discussing milk to plasma drug concentration ratios and the infant dose as a percentage of thematernal dose. Drug concentrations in infant plasma and adverse effects of drug exposures to infants are reviewed. Factors influencing the decision on whether to breast or bottle feed an infant nursed by a mother taking antidepressants are discussed, concluding that the decision needs to be made on an individual basis. The lactating mother, in consultation with her doctor, should be in a position to make an informed decision on whether or not to breast feed. Under certain circumstances the decision to bottle feed may be wise, but more commonly the advantages of breast-feeding will outweigh the very low risk of an adverse event from drug exposure to the infant. Language eng Field of Research 119999 Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 970111 Expanding Knowledge in the Medical and Health Sciences HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2000, Adis International Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30035598 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Medicine Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 22 Jun 2011, 12:38:17 EST Mon, 10 Oct 2011, 14:57:46 EST Mon, 10 Oct 2011, 14:59:08 EST Tue, 11 Oct 2011, 13:06:23 EST Sat, 12 May 2018, 02:35:10 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 24 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 530 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 22 Jun 2011, 12:38:17 EST