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Recall Reality: The Hidden Gamble in Your Vitamin Cabinet

Dietary supplements are widely used by breastfeeding women, yet many lack proven safety, efficacy, and consistent quality due to limited regulatory oversight. Variability in product content, misleading labeling, and reactive (rather than proactive) FDA oversight mean that consumers may unknowingly be exposed to ineffective or even harmful products. While third-party certification can help mitigate some risk, supplement use in lactation should be approached with caution, as product safety cannot be assumed based on labeling or “natural” claims alone.
What Breastfeeding Moms Need to Know About Tirzepatide
Current evidence suggests that tirzepatide does not meaningfully transfer into breast milk. The larger concern during breastfeeding is not drug exposure, but reduced calorie and nutrient intake due to...
Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) Treatments and Breastfeeding
PRP is a minimally invasive treatment that harnesses your body’s own healing mechanisms to rejuvenate skin and stimulate hair growth. For breastfeeding mothers, current evidence is highly reassuring: ...
How to Report Infant Medication Side Effects from Breastfeeding
If you notice changes in your baby while breastfeeding on medication—even something as small as fussiness or diarrhea—it may be worth reporting. Many parents don’t realize that these experiences can b...

Research

 

Every year, the InfantRisk Center publishes studies on the transfer of various drugs into breast milk. We invite you to review these studies and consider participating in one of them. Participation is simple: you will need to collect samples of your breast milk at regular intervals, freeze them, and send them to our laboratories using prepaid overnight mailing. Your involvement will greatly contribute to our research and help ensure the safety of medications for breastfeeding mothers.

 

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Over-The-Counter Treatments for GI Complaints

A typical pharmacy has shelf after shelf of medicines that can be sold without a doctor's prescription. These are called over-the-counter (OTC) drugs. Many concerned mothers wonder about the safety of...

Over-The-Counter Treatments for Cough and Cold

A typical pharmacy has shelf after shelf of medicines that can be sold without a doctor's prescription. These are called over-the-counter (OTC) drugs. Many concerned mothers wonder about the safety of...

Over-The-Counter Treatments for Skin Problems

A typical pharmacy has shelf after shelf of medicines that can be sold without a doctor's prescription. These are called over-the-counter (OTC) drugs. Many concerned mothers wonder about the safety of...

Skin Care for Acne

Adult acne during pregnancy and breastfeeding is a common problem. Under these circumstances, the adrenal glands secrete higher levels of androgen hormones that cause the sebaceous glands in the skin ...

Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease in Pregnancy

Gastroesophageal reflux is a back flow of stomach contents into the esophagus. This phenomenon occurs in virtually everyone from time to time. The sphincter muscle that divides the esophagus from the ...

Alcohol and Breastfeeding

While the consumption of alcohol is well known by the medical community as a potential hazard to a fetus, alcohol use during lactation is commonly a gray area for breastfeeding mothers. This article s...

Addiction and Substance Abuse

The evolution of the human brain is a relatively recent occurrence in the world. There are “reward circuits” in the brain, specifically dopaminergic pathways in the mesolimbic system, that provide pos...

Caffeine Intake in Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women

Caffeine is the most commonly consumed drug in the world. It occurs naturally in many plants and is chemically added to a wide variety of products. Most coffees, sodas, teas, and chocolates, as well a...

Radiofrequency Radiation Exposure Unlikely to Harm Pregnant Women

Cellular phones, cordless phones, and Wi-Fi hubs all communicate using radiofrequency (RF) radiation in the 3 KHz to 300 GHz range. This type of radiation is much less powerful than the radiation foun...