Rev Rene (Jan 2017)

Consumo de medicamentos durante a amamentação e avaliação do risco ao lactente

  • Anne Fayma Lopes Chaves,
  • Alanna Helenn Marques Dias,
  • Ingrid Kerolly Almeida Dias,
  • Juliane Kerly Silva Martins,
  • Rebeca Silveira Rocha,
  • Mônica Oliveira Batista Oriá

DOI
https://doi.org/10.15253/2175-6783.2017000300015
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 18, no. 3
pp. 390 – 395

Abstract

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Objective: to estimate medicine consumption during breastfeeding and the risk to the infant. Methods: descriptive study, carried out in a Primary Health Care Unit with 130 infants. The data collection was done through a form with objective questions, analyzed in Epiinfo. Results: 73 (56.0%) nursing mothers had used medication during breastfeeding. The most used drugs were antianemics (n=48, 66.0%) and analgesic/ antipyretic drugs (n=11, 14.4%). The majority of the drugs consumed were compatible with breastfeeding (n=71, 97.2%), except for Phenobarbital (n=1, 1.4%) and Losartan (n=1, 1.4%. Conclusion: it was evidenced that medicine consumption during breastfeeding was high among nursing mothers, but most of the drugs presented low risk, that is, they were drugs compatible with lactation.