Drugs and Lactation Database (LactMed®)

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Drugs and Lactation Database (LactMed®)
School: 
Nursing and Health Sciences
Medicine
Pharmacy
Content Type: 
Articles
Access Type: 
Open Access
Provider/Publisher: 
National Library of Medicine
Description: 
The LactMed® database contains information on drugs and other chemicals to which breastfeeding mothers may be exposed. It includes information on the levels of such substances in breast milk and infant blood, and the possible adverse effects in the nursing infant. Suggested therapeutic alternatives to those drugs are provided, where appropriate. All data are derived from the scientific literature and fully referenced. A peer review panel reviews the data to assure scientific validity and currency.
Collection: 
Digital Resources Directory
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Subject: 
Drug development
Drug discovery
Medicine
Pharmacology
pharmacy
Resource Type: 
Database