What cold medications are good and bad for breast-feeding mother?

Answer 1

Selected List of Medications approved by the AAP for use in breastfeeding mothers

http://www.kellymom.com/health/meds/aap-approved-meds.html

Cold and Allergy Remedies Compatible with Breastfeeding

http://www.kellymom.com/health/meds/cold-remedy.html

Answer 2

It depends how bad the cold is! In most cases, it's better to just take a lot of fluids and wait for it to pass. If the mother is really, miserable, though, she should take an over the counter formula that does not contain codeine or more than 5% alcohol.

Nyquil, my personal favourite, is out.

A little Vicks Vaporub on the chest, a hot bath, an ibuprofin and lots of soup really is the best course of treatment...as long as it's combined with a father who gets up with the baby at night.

Answer 3

A good rule of thumb is that if it is available in a pediatric dose, it is ok to take. Don't take meds with alcohol in them (better to be safe). I would stick with pseudofed, guafenisen, and dextromethorphen (which I'm sure I've butchered the spelling of!)

A great book to guide you is "Medications and Mother's Milk" by Thomas Hale. He devotes his life to the study of which medications cross over in the milk and to what degree.

When in doubt, consult a physician.

Answer 4

You can only take the basic stuff nothing with pseupherdine in it, what you can do is go to Walgreen's or cvs, wherever you get your meds at and ask the pharamist. Drink lots of vitamin c also.

Answer 5

I can't express enough how great information from Le Leche League is!!! I read the book, The womanly art of breastfeeding, and it was great! you can get the book online or just about anywhere you get other baby stuff....

also, contact your local le leche league group! they can be an enourmous support system for you!

Good Luck!!!!

Source(s):

http://www.lalecheleague.org/

Answer 6

My doctor always told me to take sudifed...but that was almost 10 years ago. You might want to give the doctor's office a call and ask what over the counter stuff you can take.

Answer 7

tylenol is still your best bet, the baby still get what you get and tylenol is the safest for both if you are nursing......im a mother of 5 and its always worked for me

Answer 8

I think you should try natural products (ask in your pharmacy) , tea, honey, lots of fruits, try to use as few chemicals as possible.

Answer 9

for women who're very knowledgeable on the advantages of breastfeeding, it is perplexing while a female chooses to no longer breastfeed because of the fact the belief-approximately it makes her uncomfortable. each and every toddler merits the superb. some women think of they are no longer going to breastfeed, yet they do it as quickly as and are conscious of it isn't any longer as strange as they theory it grew to become into going to be. i could motivate her to easily try one time and then make her determination. in spite of the undeniable fact that, I do accept as true with you on one factor, if she isn't gentle with it (for notwithstanding reason) and he or she is going to be "weirded out" consistently, or offended and green with envy, then formula feeding is probable the superb determination for her and the toddler. i do no longer think of the type you chosen to feed a toddler makes you a stable or undesirable mom. loss of expertise and society's theory of breasts as sexual gadgets frequently impression no rely if women breastfeed or no longer. and human beings additionally think of you're a bad mom in case you breastfeed "too long," in public, etc, etc, etc. there's no prevailing.