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Lactation Consultant

Category - Pharmacology

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Which statement about the effects of maternal medications that appear in breast milk is accurate?
  1. Medications taken in the evening do not affect breast milk as much medications taken in the morning.
  2. Long-acting time-released medications have more of an effect than short-acting medications.
  3. Toddlers who are exclusively breast-fed are at greater risk than a 12-month-old who eats foods and nurses for comfort.
  4. Mothers who drink copious amounts of water do not have to be concerned about their medications passing via nursing.
Explanation
Answer: C - Toddlers who are exclusively breast-fed are at greater risk than a 12-month-old who eats foods and nurses for comfort. Additionally, premature infants are at greater risk than other full term infants; those who consume greater amounts of breast milk are at greater risk than those who consume less; and short-acting medications have more of an effect on human milk than longer-acting medications.
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