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Australia

• Australian Prescriber
  • Drugs in breastfeeding [2015]

• WA Health
  • Domperidone for Mothers of Infants with Insufficient Breast Milk Supply

Canada

• Canadian Family Physician
  • Sedating drugs and breastfeeding [2015]
  • Health Canada advisory on domperidone [2012]

Europe

• European Medicines Agency
  • Risk assessment of medicinal products on human reproduction and lactation: from data to labelling - Scientific guideline

• European Society for Paediatric Research
  • Safe use of human milk for preterms in the context of maternal polypharmacy: a framework to improve practices [2026]

Europe, United States

• Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology
  • Antihistamine use during breastfeeding with focus on breast milk transfer and safety in humans: A systematic literature review [2022]

• Multiple Sclerosis Journal
  • Topical review: Lactation and use of DMTs in women with MS [2024]

• Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy
  • Concentrations of antiseizure medications in breast milk of lactating women with epilepsy: A systematic review with qualitative synthesis [2022]

International

• BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
  • Efficacy and safety of domperidone and metoclopramide on human milk production in postpartum mothers: a bayesian network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials [2024]

• BMJ Open
  • Breastfeeding initiation and continuation among women on medicines: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2026]

• Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics
  • Maternal-to-Infant Transfer of Medications for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Via Breastmilk: A Systematic Review of Available Evidence and Clinical Guidelines [2026]

• Clinical Therapeutics
  • Use of Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs and Acetaminophen During Lactation: A Systematic Review of Evidence and Prescribing Information [2026]

• International Breastfeeding Journal
  • Breastfeeding, pregnancy, medicines, neurodevelopment, and population databases: the information desert [2022]

• International Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • Guides concerning tenofovir exposure via breastfeeding: A comparison of drug dosages by developmental stage [2019]

• International League Against Epilepsy
  • Breastfeeding while on treatment with antiseizure medications: a systematic review from the ILAE Women Task Force [2022]

• PLoS ONE
  • Where are the data linking infant outcomes, breastfeeding and medicine exposure? A systematic scoping review [2023]

• Women and Birth
  • Women's experiences and decision-making process of breastfeeding following or during cancer: An integrative systematic review [2026]

Poland

• Psychiatria Polska
  • Use of psychotropic medications during lactation - practical guidelines for psychiatrists [2022]

United Kingdom

• Association of Anaesthetists
  • Guidelines for anaesthesia and sedation for patients who are breastfeeding: Guidelines from the Association of Anaesthetists [2026]
  • Guideline on anaesthesia and sedation in breastfeeding women 2020: Guideline from the Association of Anaesthetists [2020]

• Breastfeeding Network
  • Drugs in Breastmilk factsheets

• Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
  • Bromocriptine: monitor blood pressure when prescribing bromocriptine for prevention or inhibition of post-partum physiological lactation [2024]

• Specialist Pharmacy Service
  • Safety in breastfeeding

United States

• Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine
  • ABM Clinical Protocol #9: Use of Galactogogues in Initiating or Augmenting Maternal Milk Production, Second Revision 2018 [2018]
  • ABM Clinical Protocol #15: Analgesia and Anesthesia for the Breastfeeding Mother, Revised 2017 [2017]

• American Academy of Pediatrics
  • The Transfer of Drugs and Therapeutics Into Human Breast Milk: An Update on Selected Topics [2013]

• American Family Physician
  • Medication Safety in Breastfeeding [2022]

• American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
  • Medications and Lactation [2024]

• Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses
  • Breastfeeding Recommendations for Women Who Receive Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorders: AWHONN Practice Brief Number 4 [2016]

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Vaccines, Drugs, Alcohol, and Breastfeeding

• Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine
  • Evaluating strength of recommendations for commonly administered medications in lactating women [2023]

• Journal of Pediatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics
  • Breastfeeding and the Pharmacist's Role in Maternal Medication Management: Identifying Barriers and the Need for Continuing Education [2022]

• LactMed
  • Drugs and Lactation Database (LactMed)

• Seminars in Perinatology
  • Pharmacotherapy for depression and bipolar disorder during lactation: A framework to aid decision making [2020]

WHO

• World Health Organization
  • Breastfeeding and maternal medication [2002]

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