Use of metformin during breastfeeding Dr. Hamid Sajjad, internal medicine specialist
metformin drug,
In patients with type 2 diabetes,
In order to control this disease,
is used
This drug alone
or a combination,
In the treatment of type 2 diabetes patients,
is used
during pregnancy,
to control sugar
It is preferable to insulin.
But sometimes due to the condition of the patient,
Metformin should be used.
and also need this drug,
Continue breastfeeding.
It is a question for many people.
Does metformin use
Is it allowed during breastfeeding?
Does metformin pass through breast milk?
Is it transmitted to the child?
And does it cause problems?
I am Dr. Hamid Sajjad.
Internist.
In this video I am going to
To answer this question.
If you are among the women
you have diabetes
that your sugar with a special diabetes diet,
and you control metformin consumption,
And you've found out you're pregnant.
Do not stop taking metformin.
But at the first opportunity,
See a gynecologist.
.and inform him about this
sudden discontinuation of metformin,
may cause complications,
whose first problem is
Sudden increase in sugar level.
And you must be aware,
high and uncontrolled sugar,
It carries the risk of death.
metformin,
On behalf of the control organization
Food and Drug in the United States
Or FDA,
It is placed in group B.
that means,
No problems or complications.
It does not have a child face.
Taking metformin at the time of conception.
Not only is it not harmful,
but also useful,
And for men and women,
It does not cause a problem.
This is only diabetes.
that for both parties,
It causes fertility problems.
Regarding the use of metformin in pregnancy,
I have prepared a separate video.
To date, three studies,
done about it,
that their result,
I say.
metformin through breastfeeding,
It is transmitted to the child.
But the amount received
Very low,
and less than half a percent,
from the amount received by the mother,
and no negative effects,
It has never been on a child.
Even if consumed
Long-term medication by the mother.
It is worth noting that,
breast milk metformin level,
during the day and night
is always constant,
And if at certain hours,
to breastfeed,
so that less medicine is transferred to the child,
had no effect
And there is no need to do this.
In some studies, they have found
78% of lactating women
who were taking metformin,
no problem mom
And the child has not come.
In case of problem,
It was not related to metformin.
Among these problems,
problems in breastfeeding a child,
Difficulty continuing to breastfeed.
that other reasons,
Apart from taking metformin, it has
It may be due to multiple births.
low milk production
and the existence of abnormalities
be the birth of the child.
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