Medicine and breastfeeding..please help

okay so I know I've seen it somewhere but I can't find the thread that has the medications that are safe to take while breastfeeding. I'm not sure if I have a cold or if it's just allergies, but I need something to bring me back to life.... Help me!!

Quoting ♥Ericka♥:“ okay so I know I've seen it somewhere but I can't find the thread that has the medications that are safe ... [snip!] ... I'm not sure if I have a cold or if it's just allergies, but I need something to bring me back to life.... Help me!!”

Robotussum, sudafed, and benedryl can all be taken, but you should be aware that anything with antihystimines (sp?) will cause your milk production to decrease though this can parrtially be offset by increasing your fluid intake. You should not take anything with ibprofen (motrim)or naproxium sodium (aleeve) in it. Hope you feel better soon.

Quoting Christine - Mikey & Andy:“ Robotussum, sudafed, and benedryl can all be taken, but you should be aware that anything with antihystimines ... [snip!] ... fluid intake. You should not take anything with ibprofen (motrim)or naproxium sodium (aleeve) in it. Hope you feel better soon.”

so I can take sudafed? I have some that I took last night after she was in bed so that way it wouldn't be in my milk... but I didn't know I could take it and then bf her... thank you for the info!! I don't know what's going on...my face hurts.... lol....but no fever or any other symptoms really

www.kellymom.com is a very good resource for that

Have you tried looking there?

Quoting Christine - Mikey & Andy:“ Robotussum, sudafed, and benedryl can all be taken, but you should be aware that anything with antihystimines ... [snip!] ... fluid intake. You should not take anything with ibprofen (motrim)or naproxium sodium (aleeve) in it. Hope you feel better soon.”

Actually ibuprofren is the preferred pain reliever while bfing because it does not cross into the milk supply. Tylenol does, but is still safe. Antihistamines can affect supply in some people, but not nearly as dramatically as Sudafed, which in my case straight up zapped my milk supply with my second and is given to women who need to reduce their supply when nothing else is working. I have to take antihistamines daily, and have with all my kids, with no effect on my milk supply, so I'm one of the lucky ones on which it doesn't reduce supply.

Also, lactmed is where I go if I have to figure out if something is safe.

Quoting his wifey, their mommy:“ www.kellymom.com is a very good resource for that Have you tried looking there?”

no not yet...but I will...

well I'm going to get some dayquil or some tylenol cold and sinus I think ..those are probably my best bets huh?

ETA: I'm not too worried about the sudafed dropping my milk supply only b/c i'm not planning on taking it more than once a day....and not for long term..... but I will get something else that won't do that anyways just in case....since my supply is already lower from having been working days

Quoting the possible police:“ Actually ibuprofren is the preferred pain reliever while bfing because it does not cross into the milk ... [snip!] ... and have with all my kids, with no effect on my milk supply, so I'm one of the lucky ones on which it doesn't reduce supply.”

Wow, I was just looking all this up last night and hubby was told by the pharmasicst that I ought to take sudafed, b/c I thought I had gotten swine flu from the kids. Turns out I worked out too hard yesterday morning (and forgot about the work out, I am such a ditz at times). Luckily I took tylenol last night instead of the sudafed b/c of the antihistiamines. Thanks for your input here, I hate that there are so many sources of contradictory information. I have used LactaMed (but a question for it, I have only had success looking up the active ingredients) am I missing an important search function?

Quoting Christine - Mikey & Andy:“ Wow, I was just looking all this up last night and hubby was told by the pharmasicst that I ought to ... [snip!] ... (but a question for it, I have only had success looking up the active ingredients) am I missing an important search function?”

hmmm, I haven't had that problem? I know that Kellymom always says "Per Hale" and the Hale she is talking about is the man who runs the lactmed info.

Quoting the possible police:“ hmmm, I haven't had that problem? I know that Kellymom always says "Per Hale" and the Hale she is talking about is the man who runs the lactmed info.”

Ok, thanks. I will keep trying. Must be something I am doing