Medications and Mothers’ Milk
Medications and Mothers’ Milk by Thomas Wright Hale is a comprehensive resource published by Pharmasoft Medical Publishing in 2000. This 9th edition spans 747 pages and serves as an annually updated review of the use of medications in breastfeeding mothers. It is designed for healthcare professionals, including physicians, nurses, and lactation consultants, providing reliable and timely information on the use of various medications during lactation.
Readers will find an extensive review of medications and their implications for lactating women, along with almost 50 new drugs included in this edition. The book features a calculated theoretic infant dose that indicates the potential exposure through breast milk, as well as a newly created Lactation Risk Category that offers a concise risk index for medication use in breastfeeding patients. This resource is essential for those involved in family health, breastfeeding, and pharmacology, ensuring that healthcare providers have access to the latest information on medications and their effects on infants.
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“The leading annually updated review of the use of medications in breastfeeding mothers, Medications and Mothers’ Milk is the most comprehensive, reliable, easy-to-use, and timely reference available to physicians, nurses, lactation consultants, and other healthcare workers. Used worldwide, it contains the most extensive review of medications and their use in lactating women that is available in the world. New for 2000 … Almost 50 new drugs; Theoretic Infant Dose is now calculated for you. Using data from the world’s literature we have calculated a theoretic dose the infant might receive via milk; A newly created Lactation Risk Category provides users an abbreviated risk index for using the medication in breastfeeding patients; Usual Adult Dose has now been added”–Back cover.
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