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Drugs and Lactation Database (LactMed) Expanded

Drugs and Lactation Database (LactMed) Expanded. NLM Tech Bull. 2007 Mar-Apr;(355):b1.

March 30, 2007 [posted]

[Editor's Note: This Technical Note is a reprint of an announcement published on NLM-Tox-Enviro-Health-L, an e-mail announcement list available from the NLM Division of Specialized Information Services. To subscribe to this list, please see the NLM-TOX-ENVIRO-HEALTH-L Join, Leave, or Change Options page.]

The National Library of Medicine® Drugs and Lactation Database (LactMed) has added fifty-one substances, including fourteen topical antibacterial and antifungal agents, thirteen X-ray and eight MRI contrast agents, eight acne/skin care agents, and eight other drugs. Thirty-six records have been updated.

More specific information about this update can be found by selecting the "LactMed 3/2007" link at //toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/html/toxnet_update.html

LactMed is part of the NLM Toxicology Data Network (TOXNET®). It is a peer-reviewed and fully referenced database of drugs to which breastfeeding mothers may be exposed. LactMed includes information on the levels of such substances in breast milk and infant blood, and the possible adverse effects in the nursing infant. It provides statements of the American Academy of Pediatrics concerning a drug's compatibility with breastfeeding and suggested therapeutic alternatives to those drugs where appropriate.

More information about LactMed can be found at //www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/lactmedfs.html. Questions and comments may be sent to tehip@teh.nlm.nih.gov