ASSOCIATE professor of pharmacology in the Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, at Bond University, Gold Coast, pharmacist Treasure McGuire has summarised the impact of drugs on milk during lactation in NPS MedicineWise's Australian Prescriber.
Also assistant director of Practice and Development, Mater Pharmacy Services and conjoint senior lecturer at the University of Queensland's School of Pharmacy, McGuire explores the drugs that enhance milk supply (galactagogues) as well as those that suppress milk supply.
Complementary medicines, which are not all totally innocuous, are also referenced and a comprehensive table of effects is listed.
Visit nps.org.au for the article.
The above article was sent to subscribers in Pharmacy Daily's issue from 15 Feb 18
To see the full newsletter, see the embedded issue below or CLICK HERE to download Pharmacy Daily from 15 Feb 18
