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April 12, 2006
LactMed: A New Database on Drugs and Lactation
"LactMed, a free online database with information on drugs and lactation, is one of the newest additions to the National Library of Medicines (NLM) TOXNET system, a Web-based collection of resources covering toxicology, chemical safety, and environmental health. Geared to the healthcare practitioner and nursing mother, LactMed contains over 450 drug records. It includes information such as maternal levels in breast milk, infant levels in blood, potential effects in breastfeeding infants and on lactation itself, the American Academy of Pediatrics category indicating the level of compatibility of the drug with breastfeeding, and alternate drugs to consider. References are included, as is nomenclature information, such as the drugs Chemical Abstract Services (CAS) Registry number and its broad drug class."
LactMed: http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?LACT
Posted by pfa at April 12, 2006 11:06 AM