Newish breastfeeding & medications resource - LactMed

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Specializes in OB, lactation.

I was on a panel that previewed and reviewed this site before it was launched. You guys may already know about it - I wasn't even aware that it had finally come out until a couple weeks ago. Like Hale's Meds & Mother's Milk, it appears to be a good source of information.

Here's the link and an announcement:

http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?LACT

The National Library of Medicine just released a new database, LactMed, on drugs and breastfeeding. It is part of TOXNET and can be searched together with all the TOXNET database or separately. It is a Web-based collection of resources covering toxicology, chemical safety, and environmental health. Geared to the healthcare practitioner and nursing mother, LactMed contains over 450 drug records. It includes information such as maternal levels in breast milk, infant levels in blood, potential effects in breastfeeding infants and on lactation itself, the American Academy of Pediatrics category indicating the level of compatibility of the drug with breastfeeding, and alternate drugs to consider.

Just thought you might find it a handy tool :)

Specializes in NICU, Infection Control.

Thank you!

We have Dr. Hale's book at the nurse's station. I emailed him a question once and he called me back! I was pretty shocked - he is very nice.

steph

Specializes in Specializes in L/D, newborn, GYN, LTC, Dialysis.

great resource! Thank you!

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