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Drugs and Breastfeeding

LactMed is designed for use by health care professionals as well as breastfeeding mothers. The database contains information on more than 450 drugs. LactMed can be searched together with ToxNet in a multi-database environment to obtain other relevant information about specific drugs or separately.

The creative force behind LactMed is Philip O. Anderson, PharmD, FASHP, Director of the Drug Information Service at the University of California, San Diego Medical Center. Additional contributors include Jason Sauberan, PharmD, Assistant Clinical Professor of Pharmacy at the University of California, San Francisco School of Pharmacy; Cheston M. Berlin, Jr., MD, Professor of Pediatrics and Pharmacology at Pennsylvania State University; Shinya Ito, MD, ABCP, Professor and Head of the Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and Kathleen Uhl, MD, FAAP, Director of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Office on Women's Health.

LactMed is a wonderful adjunct to Medications and Mothers’ Milk by Thomas W. Hale, PhD. Now in its 12th edition, Medications and Mothers’ Milk gives readers up-to-date information on more than 800 drugs, vitamins, herbs, and vaccines. It is now available electronically as well as in paperback.