Free Resources for Pregnant and Nursing Mothers and the Health Professionals Who Care for Them

By NLM Specialized Information Services (SIS), Guest Blogger

LactMed

Women often wonder if a certain drug is safe to take while breastfeeding. LactMed, from the National Library of Medicine, is a free online resource with information that addresses those safety concerns.

It contains records on several hundred prescribed drugs, including

• the safe level of a drug in a mother’s milk
• the safe level of a drug in a infant’s blood
• possible effect of a drug on a breasting feeding infant
• effects on lactation
• other safe alternative medications

In addition to prescription drugs, LactMed also lists supplements used in alternative medicine such as lecithin, milk thistle, stinging nettle and St. John’s wort. The focus is on those supplements that are used by nursing mothers, like those claiming to stimulate milk production.

You can also the LactMed app for iPhone/iPod Touch and for Android devices.

Embryo, an app for the iPhone, iPod Touch and the iPad

The National Library of Medicine also has “Embryo”, an app for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. The Embryo app provides a collection of digital images of early stage human embryos. Features include human fertilization videos, photo micrographs of early-stage embryo development, and a pregnancy calculator.

Also posted on USA.gov Blog, 8/31/11 - http://blog.usa.gov/post/9630724772/find-out-which-drugs-are-safe-for-breastfeeding-mothers

September 9, 2011  Tags: embryo, guest posting, LactMed, SIS, Specialized Information Services  Posted in: Child & Maternal Health, Guest Contributors, Specialized Information Services (SIS)

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