hello, I'm taking the Depakine for at least six months. that's two weeks that I take, 750mg per day. Initially I had a drug-cons indicated breastfeeding, I stopped yesterday. I gave birth June 10, and four days after I had convulsions (which had never happened before). So my son has had the colostrum, I had just turned up the milk when it happened. So they prescribed me the Depakine so I could breastfeed, something I like very much. Out there has been no study verifying that it does not matter, we know that it goes low in milk and during pregnancy, children do not speak, then there are effects on brain. Some doctors tell me that I can breastfeed, others discourage me. I do not know what to do, I really want to breastfeed, but I do not wish to poison … and I do not know if I really would poison ….
Personally, I would apply the precautionary principle in your place. You should not feel guilty for not breastfeeding your son, infant formulas are now very well developed. It's hard because you want to breastfeed but if no study proves that this drug is compatible with pregnancy, art thou wilt greatly if, in future, studies showed that there are risks.
in doubt … forbear thee!
At first it was during pregnancy that the drug is very dangerous. It is not recommended during breastfeeding as the crater and e-lactation are two sites for healthcare professionals and dedicated to the compatibility of pregnancy Médoc and breastfeeding … http://www.lecrat.org/article.php3?id_article=368 http://www.e-lactancia.org/ingles/inicio.asp (you look "valproic acid" in " search by product ")
hello from what I found on my website reference http://www.lecrat.org/articleSearch.php3?id_groupe=12 this drug is not recommended during pregnancy, but they do not talk about breastfeeding c is that in principle it is allowed if they mention or refer to the steps to take (such as breastfeeding and taking the medication just after 2 am and wait until the next feeding, I had one like that for my breast). in doubt, I tell you to call them (you have the number at the end of the page) and you ask them verbally. Then you can be certain. Now, I hope to have helped.
You can also call … poison control center. It's a real pro team interested in, among other such issues. I had called for a similar problem complicated (do not trust inevitably references to the Medoc, for after all they are protecting themselves by saying it is against inappropriate. Sometimes a true, but not always). The poison control center reminded me in the day to explain that I could breastfeed without any risk, because the molecules are too large, they did not pass into breast milk. So they were toxic, but did not reach the mammary glands. It may be your case. Good luck.