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Breastfeeding
General anesthesia with propofol doesn't require interruption of breastfeeding
March 31st, 2005
Sometimes women who are breastfeeding must undergo surgery requiring general anesthesia or conscious sedation. They understandably want to know when they may safely resume breastfeeding. Because there are few data regarding how much of these drugs is actually excreted in the milk, physicians err on the side of caution and advise the women to pump and discard their breast milk for 24 hours after the procedure rather than risk giving their infant an unsafe amount of the drug by way of their milk. Michael J. Avram, associate professor of anesthesiology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; Martin Nitsun, MD, assistant professor; and...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-03-31)
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