Antidepressant medication use during breastfeeding

Teresa Lanza Di Scalea; Katherine L. Wisner

doi:10.1097/GRF.0b013e3181b52bd6

Antidepressant medication use during breastfeeding

Teresa Lanza Di Scalea, Katherine L. Wisner

Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

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Abstract

We performed an electronic search by using MEDLINE, PreMEDLINE, Current Contents, Biological Abstracts, and PsycINFO from June 2002 to December 2008 using the following terms: "antidepressant drugs", "antidepressive agents", "human milk", "lactation" , and "breastfeeding" and the generic name of each antidepressant. Articles in the English language with reports of antidepressants in maternal serum or breast milk, infant serum, and short-term and long-term clinical outcomes in the infants were obtained. The search yielded a total of 31 empirical papers. Breastfeeding and antidepressant treatments are not mutually exclusive. Sertraline, paroxetine, nortriptyline, and imipramine are the most evidence-based medications for use during breastfeeding.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	483-497
Number of pages	15
Journal	Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology
Volume	52
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/GRF.0b013e3181b52bd6
State	Published - Sep 2009

Keywords

Antidepressant
Breastfeeding
Nursing infant

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Obstetrics and Gynecology

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