Blood Pressure Medication and Breast Feeding

Check with your pharmacist. (Actual pharmacist, not just a tech...sorry any techs out there, I'm sure you know a heck of a lot more then I do!) Pharmacists not only spend years in school learning about drugs and their interactions etc. but they keep up on all the new ones. In FACT there are countless times where Pharmacists have saved lives because someone's doc prescribed a med that would be dangerous to that individual (usually because of drug interactions, but also for other reasons).

If your med ISN'T safe for breast feeding have the pharmacist write a note to your doc. They'll probably put down some safe alternatives.

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Hi, T.. I breastfed my daughter for two years while taking Labetalol with no ill effects.

Good luck to you.

Cant give any advice but I am on the same medication and I'm 3 months pregnant. Let me know when you find anything out. Good luck..

I am taking atenolol and the doctor looked it up and found it to be okay. I think they often make the assumption that it is okay for breast feeding when it is safe for pregnancy. When asking about breast feeding specific drugs, doctors and pharmacists don't seem to have as much info. as with pregnancy.

I don't think there are many studies done with drugs and breast feeding. What actually gets into the milk supply isn't as cut and dried as to what goes through our blood stream (pregnancy).

Good luck and I'll keep checking back for more info. being posted, as well.

D.

I am on Labetalol and I am breastfeeding. My baby is 10 wks old. The baby and I both seem fine. :-) I do have to take it twice a day, however, where before pregnancy it was just in the morning. Maybe that would make a difference to you...

Good luck. It's always a trial working w/ meds, especially when we're feeding 2 or more! :-) HUGS

Update since I read Zoe A.'s post: I do remember my pharmasist checking a little book when I picked it up the first time and I told him I was breastfeeding. Huh! I guess they really are looking out for us! :-)