TABLE 6
Maternal Medication Usually Compatible With Breastfeeding*
Drug --------------------Reported Sign or Symptom in Infant or Effect on Lactation
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Procainamide ------------None
Progesterone ------------None
Propoxyphene ------------None
Propranolol ---------------None
Propylthiouracil -------------None
Pseudoephedrine -----------None
Pyridostigmine ------------None
Pyrimethamine ------------None
Quinidine -------------------None
Sulfapyridine ----------------Caution in infant with jaundice or G-6-PD deficiency and ill, stressed, or premature infant; appears in infant's milk
Sulfisoxazole --------------Caution in infant with jaundice or G-6-PD deficiency and ill, stressed, or premature infant; appears in infant's milk
Sumatriptan -------------None
Suprofen -----------------None
Terbutaline--------------- None
Terfenadine ---------------None
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* Drugs listed have been reported in the literature as having the effects listed or no effect. The word "none" means that no observable change was seen in the nursing infant while the mother was ingesting the compound. Dashes indicate no mention of clinical effect on the infant. It is emphasized that many of the literature citations concern single case reports or small series of infants.
+ Drug is concentrated in human milk.