Zantac & Breastfeeding...

[Surrender2Win]

Has anyone ever taken Zantac while breastfeeding??

I tried to call my pharmacy to ask but it was too late, they are already closed...I keep getting conflicted information from the internet...if Zantac isn't an option, do you have a suggestion besides Tums or any other nasty chewable acid reducer?

I'm very open to a natural approach, too.

TIA

 

[Leanna]

Hmmm well Maya was actually prescribed zantac at one point.... so if babies can have it, I'd think they could have it through breastmilk... but I can check into it at my crunchy forum if you'd like

 

[jgonz]

I believe it's fine... I don't have my Medications and Mother's Milk by Hale here at the house to check though for sure.

A natural alternative would be Papaya Tablets. *I* find them to work better than Tums for sure.

 

[Surrender2Win]

Hmmm well Maya was actually prescribed zantac at one point.... so if babies can have it, I'd think they could have it through breastmilk... but I can check into it at my crunchy forum if you'd like

that would be great, thanks!

 

[Surrender2Win]

I believe it's fine...

A natural alternative would be Papaya Tablets. *I* find them to work better than Tums for sure.

I'll check into those tomorrow, thanks!

 

[Singin4Him]

I've taken it ever since I was preggers. My OB said it would be just fine.

 

[JesusChristChick]

Has anyone ever taken Zantac while breastfeeding??

I tried to call my pharmacy to ask but it was too late, they are already closed...I keep getting conflicted information from the internet...if Zantac isn't an option, do you have a suggestion besides Tums or any other nasty chewable acid reducer?

I'm very open to a natural approach, too.

TIA

Hey no worries, it's allergy medicine. Anything that goes into your body goes into that breast milk, well small portions of the Zantac goes through, but I think it is totally fine.
God bless.
~JCC

 

[jgonz]

Ok, I got my Hale's Medications and Mother's Milk back and looked it up. Zantac should be fine to take while breastfeeding. The only side effects reported were to the mother~ headache, GI distress, dizziness. No side effects were reported for the baby. It's an L2 class drug (with L1 being the safest, and L5 beng the drug is completely contraindicated (don't take at all)).