Use of medicines and phytopharmaceuticals in mothers during breastfeeding

Authors

  • Ana María Machado Solano Policlínico Universitario 13 de Marzo. Bayamo.
  • Electra Guerra Domínguez Policlínico Universitario Jimmy Hirzel. Bayamo
  • Idalmis Carrazana Fonseca Policlínico Universitario Jimmy Hirzel. Bayamo
  • Deysi Ramona Sánchez Corrales Policlínico Universitario Jimmy Hirzel. Bayamo
  • Martha Elena Hernández Galano Filial de Ciencias Médicas Efraín Benítez Popa. Bayamo

Keywords:

Breast feeding, Drug therapy, Drug effects.

Abstract

The only food that the baby should receive during the first 6 months of life is the milk of his mother. Any substance she consumes while breastfeeding has repercussions on her child, so the use of medications, phytopharmaceuticals or other substances must be by prescription and strictly monitored. In order to characterize the use of medicines and phytopharmaceuticals in mothers during the period of breastfeeding, a descriptive, cross-sectional observational study was conducted in ten urban offices in Bayamo, Granma province, during the period September 2017 to April 2018. The The universe grouped nursing mothers belonging to these offices, and the sample was made up of those who agreed to be included in the research, with prior informed consent. Mothers were characterized according to the following variables: level of schooling, medications and phytodrugs consumed, duration of exclusive breastfeeding according to medication consumption and type of medication that led to the suspension of breastfeeding. Theoretical, empirical and statistical methods were used (from descriptive statistics, absolute and relative frequencies). As relevant results, 64% of the mothers were between 20 and 34 years old and 54.7% had overcome the level of pre-university education; 69.3 consumed medications and 41.3%, phytopharmaceuticals, highlighting dipyrone and ibuprofen in the former and mint, in the latter. It was concluded that the most influential medications in the suspension of breastfeeding were chlorodiazopoxide and amiodarone.

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Published

2019-09-30

How to Cite

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Machado Solano AM, Guerra Domínguez E, Carrazana Fonseca I, Sánchez Corrales DR, Hernández Galano ME. Use of medicines and phytopharmaceuticals in mothers during breastfeeding. RM [Internet]. 2019 Sep. 30 [cited 2025 Jun. 3];23(5):1048-63. Available from: https://revmultimed.sld.cu/index.php/mtm/article/view/1364

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