Can I breastfeed while taking ceftriaxone?

If a mother develops symptoms of ceftriaxone during breastfeeding, we recommend that she should not breastfeed. She needs to treat the symptoms of ceftriaxone first. Although the doctor said that taking ceftriaxone during breastfeeding will not affect breast milk, all medications have side effects, and children's body resistance is relatively weak, so it is possible that it will affect the child's immunity.

Cefuroxime is a very effective drug for the treatment of mastitis. If effective treatment is not given, the disease will progress further, causing greater harm to your body and affecting your baby's breastfeeding. Cephalosporin and penicillin antibiotics will not affect children and can also be used by children as these drugs have little side effects.

If you take ceftriaxone during lactation, you need to stop breastfeeding. It can be used for breastfeeding women. Metronidazole can enter saliva and breast milk, and its half-life is 8 hours. Only metronidazole has an impact, but considering that you were breastfeeding after taking the medicine, it has been metabolized to a certain extent, and it is still in the breast milk, but the distribution will not be large, so it should not have a big impact. You can breastfeed 16-24 hours after recovery.

After receiving intravenous cephalosporin antibiotics for acute mastitis during lactation, you need to empty your milk before feeding your baby. If you experience breast pain during lactation, you should pay attention to whether mastitis has occurred. You can touch yourself to see if there are any lumps. If the symptoms are not obvious, you can apply a hot towel, massage, and empty the breasts in time. If the symptoms are obvious and severe, you may need to go to the hospital to see if medication is needed to improve the condition.

After reading this article, we should know that if symptoms such as ceftriaxone occur during breastfeeding, you should not breastfeed. This is very important for the health of the child. If our mothers get infected during breastfeeding, you must first treat the disease, especially after taking medicine, remember not to breastfeed the child.