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Lamictal users please read and help me...
Fri, 01/29/2010 - 21:42Comments
Re: Lamictal users please read and help me...
Submitted by rofler on Fri, 2010-02-05 - 12:40
Take Lamictal but stop breastfeeding imediately and give your baby formula. I believe they have been no study done on the effect of Lamictal on an infant brain. Why take a risk on your child brain? Go to a bipolar disorder website and ask the same question.
Many people feed organic to their babies and toddlers to give them the best chance in life. Why you you polute your child with Lamictal? Lamictal has many sides effects why expose your baby to it?
Take Lamictal but stop breastfeeding imediately and give your baby formula. I believe they have been no study done on the effect of Lamictal on an infant brain. Why take a risk on your child brain? Go to a bipolar disorder website and ask the same question.
Many people feed organic to their babies and toddlers to give them the best chance in life. Why you you polute your child with Lamictal? Lamictal has many sides effects why expose your baby to it?
Re: Lamictal users please read and help me...
Submitted by j clark on Fri, 2010-02-05 - 18:09
Maybe you could pump for a week or two and freeze it and then start the medicine.I have the paper from the pharmacy that came with my daughters lamictal.It says "lamictal can pass through your breast milk.
You and your health care provider should decide if you should take lamictal or breastfeed.Breastfeeding while taking lamictal is not reccomended."
Maybe you could pump for a week or two and freeze it and then start the medicine.I have the paper from the pharmacy that came with my daughters lamictal.It says "lamictal can pass through your breast milk.
You and your health care provider should decide if you should take lamictal or breastfeed.Breastfeeding while taking lamictal is not reccomended."
Re: Lamictal users please read and help me...
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 2010-02-05 - 08:39
Hi and thanks for writing in. I don't know answer to your question. Most studies are done on women who have been taking lamictal during pregnancy. When breastfeeding babies are getting less exposure to the drug than during the pregnancy itself. I started looking at literature about lamictal used in non epilepsy situations and came across this. It's a bit old and I would suggest you keep searching and take the information to your current doctor. Also remember that when the benefits of using a medication outweighs the risks, it's important to consider this. Thus decisions about breastfeeding and the impact on the child should be looked at in light of risk of waking up frequently and sleep deprivation for moms who are breastfeeding and the benefits the medication.
Please note, I don't support any one article - but this site may have more for you to look at.
http://www.womensmentalhealth.org/posts/lamotrigine-and-breastfeeding/
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Hi and thanks for writing in. I don't know answer to your question. Most studies are done on women who have been taking lamictal during pregnancy. When breastfeeding babies are getting less exposure to the drug than during the pregnancy itself. I started looking at literature about lamictal used in non epilepsy situations and came across this. It's a bit old and I would suggest you keep searching and take the information to your current doctor. Also remember that when the benefits of using a medication outweighs the risks, it's important to consider this. Thus decisions about breastfeeding and the impact on the child should be looked at in light of risk of waking up frequently and sleep deprivation for moms who are breastfeeding and the benefits the medication.
Please note, I don't support any one article - but this site may have more for you to look at.
http://www.womensmentalhealth.org/posts/lamotrigine-and-breastfeeding/
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