Should I take gold tablets during breastfeeding? How to choose the medicine?

Breastfeeding women should pay special attention to the effects of medications on their babies when they are ill. Therefore, when taking medications, they should first consider whether the ingredients will have serious effects on the baby, or directly wean the baby and then resume breastfeeding after recovery. The latter is obviously not possible, because sudden weaning during lactation is likely to cause milk dryness. Therefore, taking medication is something that needs to be considered carefully. Let’s take a look at whether to take gold tablets during breastfeeding and how to choose medication?

Try to avoid using unsafe medications during breastfeeding; do not use medications for diseases that tend to heal on their own; when you are sick and need medication, do not force yourself to do so, and try to choose medications that are safe during breastfeeding; once you use medication, take it according to the normal adult dose and do not reduce the dose at will; choose medications with a single active ingredient whenever possible, and avoid compound preparations; use fast-acting dosage forms instead of long-acting dosage forms whenever possible; do not choose oral medications when the problem can be solved with topical medications; the best time to take medications is immediately after breastfeeding, or before the baby's longest sleep.

Drugs to avoid during breastfeeding: chemotherapeutic drugs, estrogen drugs, quinolone antibiotics, tetracyclines, chloramphenicol, cyclosporine, doxorubicin, ergotamine, isovaleric acid, statins, sulfonamide antibiotics, aspirin, phenobarbital, amiodarone, lithium preparations, cocaine, radioactive isotopes, etc.

Drugs that breastfeeding mothers should use with caution: painkillers (generally it is not recommended to take painkillers during breastfeeding. If the pain is severe and painkillers must be taken, you should consider suspending breastfeeding), metronidazole (it is recommended to interrupt breastfeeding for 12-24 hours when using), sulfonamides (neonates and premature infants within 5 days of breastfeeding should avoid use), antifungal drugs (local medications are safer), antiviral drugs, thiourea antithyroid drugs, etc.

The above is an explanation of whether to take gold tablets during breastfeeding and how to choose medicines. Generally speaking, if a breastfeeding woman is sick, she should choose medicines that have less impact on the baby.