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Sign up now. Before Using Drug information provided by: IBM Micromedex In deciding to use a medicine, the risks of taking the medicine must be weighed against the good it will do. Cold and influenza flu. Body aches and pain See above analgesics Nasal symptoms Steams inhalations and saline sodium chloride nasal spray may be used to relieve a blocked nose while breastfeeding. Decongestant nasal sprays oxymetazoline, xylometazoline may be used for 3 to 5 days. Avoid oral preparations containing pseudoephedrine as it may reduce milk production or cause irritability in a breastfed baby.
Cough A cough is usually self-limiting. If treatment is required, use guaifenesin, bromhexine or senega and ammonia mixture for a chesty cough. A cough suppressant like pholcodine or dextromethorphan is considered safe for a dry cough.
Avoid combination preparations containing pseudoephedrine and phenylephrine — always ask your pharmacist what is in a medicine. Sore throat Lozenges or throat gargles containing local anaesthetic, antibacterial agents or benzydamine may be used while breastfeeding. Avoid products containing povidone-iodine e.
Influenza vaccine Breastfeeding mothers may continue to breastfeed after immunisation with influenza flu vaccine. Allergies and hayfever — Antihistamines. Non-drowsy antihistamines such as loratadine, desloratadine and fexofenadine are present in very small amounts in breastmilk and are considered safe to use whilst breastfeeding.
Drowsy antihistamines such as cetirizine, dexchlorpheniramine or diphenhydramine may make your baby drowsy, so less sedating antihistamines are preferred. Nasal sprays containing beclomethasone, fluticasone or budesonide may be used while breastfeeding.
Topical eyedrops for allergies and hayfever may be used as the amount transferred into breastmilk is low. Eye drops containing antazoline and naphazoline are considered safe to use. Which antibiotics are safe? What can I use to treat worm infections? What can I use for vaginal thrush? A single dose of oral fluconazole is considered safe to use whilst breastfeeding.
What can be used to treat cold sores? Ice is a recommended treatment which can be applied to the affected area. Herbal preparations. Oral contraceptives. Last reviewed: Acknowledgements Breastfeeding Centre of WA. Prospective follow-up of adverse reactions in breast-fed infants exposed to maternal medication. Am J Obstet Gynecol.
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