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Safety in Lactation: Drugs for obstructive airways disease
25 September 2020Additional information relating to breastfeeding To be used in conjunction with individual drug entries for specific information and guidance. Bronchodilators Most bronchodilators are considered to…
Lactation Safety Information
Corticosteroids
Monoclonal antibody used for refractory eosinophilic asthma
No published evidence of safety
Low levels anticipated in milk due to the drug’s properties and likely to be degraded in infant’s GI tract, although long half-life increases risk of accumulation in breastfed infant
Although large protein molecules may appear in colostrum, risk to preterm infants and neonates is considered to be small and unproven
21 April 2017