After last week’s post, we received several comments regarding the use of mood stabilizers in breastfeeding women, specifically asking which is safer: lithium or lamotrigine. Based on the available data, it is difficult to say with certainty which is “safer”. To date, there has been one report of an adverse event in a nursing infant [...]
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Lamotrigine and Breastfeeding: An Update
April 27, 2010 – 10:44 am
Women with bipolar disorder are vulnerable to postpartum illness, and it is generally recommended that mothers continue treatment with a mood stabilizer throughout the postpartum period to reduce their risk of relapse; however, this recommendation is complicated by the all mood stabilizers are secreted into the breast milk, although their concentrations appear to vary considerably [...]
