Medication & Mom's Milk

We were at the Maternal & Child Health nurse's office...and we saw these books:

Medications and Mothers' Milk 2008 is a comprehensive reference on the impact of currently used medications on breastfeeding mothers and infants. Written by renowned clinical pharmacologist, Dr. Thomas W. Hale, this thousand plus page book is packed with information on more than 814 drugs, vitamins, herbs, and vaccines. It includes tables on radioisotopes, radiocontrast agents, and common cold remedies.

Some of the new features added to Medications and Mothers' Milk 2008, thirteenth edition include:
- More than 70 new drugs.
- Rigorous updates to hundreds of drugs and tables.
- Updated tables on radiocontrast agents.
- Updated tables on cold and cough remedies.

Each drug entry includes the drug name and generic name; common trade names used in Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom; uses of the drug; AAP recommendations on the drug; a drug monograph that describes what is currently known about the drug, its ability to enter milk, the concentration in milk at set time intervals, and other parameters that are important to a clinical consultant; pregnancy risk category; lactation risk category; theoretic infant dose; relative infant dose; adult concerns; pediatric concerns; drug interactions; alternative drugs that may be suitable choices; adult dosage; and a table that includes (when known) adult half life (T ½ ) of the medication, pediatric half life (PHL) of the medication, milk/plasma ratio (M/P), the time interval from administration of the drug until it reaches the highest level in the mother's plasma or peak time to max (Tmax), percentage of maternal protein binding (PB), oral bioavailability (Oral), the volume of distribution (Vd), the pH at which the drug is equally ionic and nonionic (pKa), and the molecular weight (MW) of the medication.

Armed with the information in Medications and Mothers' Milk 2008, a clinician can make an educated decision about the appropriateness of a drug for an individual mother and baby based on their medical history.

Health providers can use this text to share vital information with new mothers and their physicians on how medications affect breastfeeding.

Anyone who works with breastfeeding mothers needs this definitive reference on their bookshelf!

Author: Thomas W. Hale, Ph.D.
Copyright 2008
Thirteenth Edition
ISBN-10: 0-9815257-2-5
ISBN-13: 978-0-9815257-2-3
Soft cover
Total Pages: Approx 1276

Many health care providers have told us that it would be ideal if they had a copy of Medications and Mothers’ Milk available at all times. Now you can.

Mini-Medications and Mothers’ Milk is the pocket version of Medications and Mothers’ Milk, 13th Edition, the worldwide authoritative source on medication use in breastfeeding women. This book provides up-to-date and easy to read information on the use of medications in breastfeeding mothers. Written by Dr. Thomas W. Hale, this drug reference provides you with a condensed version of the latest information on each drug and its relative safety in breastfeeding mothers and their infants.

Mini-Meds contains information on more than 868 drugs, vaccines, vitamins, viral syndromes, and other substances. It provides quick access to pregnancy and lactation risk categories, drug kinetics, and basic drug descriptions. Mini-Meds is designed as a companion guide, to be used alongside the full edition of Medications and Mothers’ Milk-but is in a more portable format.

Author: Thomas W Hale, PhD

Copyright: 2009

ISBN: 978-0-9815257-9-2

Total Pages: 224

Soft Cover