Live vaccinations and Immunosuppressant medication taken by breastfeeding mothers
To finish the posts on immunosuppresant medications the final most frequently asked question is about the administration of live vaccinations to the baby. This is particularly a problem with the rotavirus vaccine. In August 2022 the summary of product characteristics for Infliximab was changed to state that live vaccines should not be administered to the […]
Raised cholesterol and breastfeeding
When I was working as an independent pharmacist prescriber my main role was to look at primary prevention of cardio vascular disease – identifying factors which raised the risk of people to have a heart attack or stroke in the next 10 years. I used an online calculator using various data like BMI, smoking status, […]