Always get advice from your GP before taking any medicine if you're breastfeeding and your baby:. When you seek advice from your pharmacist, GP or health visitor they will take into account factors such as:. If you take hay fever medicine while you're breastfeeding, you should take the lowest possible dose for the shortest possible time, unless your healthcare professional gives you other advice. Try topical treatments first. These are medicines that you don't need to swallow such as nasal sprays and eyedrops.
Corticosteroid nasal sprays help to unblock your nose and sinuses. They're unlikely to pass into your breast milk and only in low amounts. Sodium cromoglicate eyedrops relieve the redness, itchiness and watering of your eyes. We use your health information to make our site even more helpful. By clicking the button, you agree to our policies and to get emails from us. Join BabyCentre. Sign up to receive free emails and track your baby's development.
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Most of the drugs to treat allergies are available to buy over the counter but the leaflets may say that they are not suitable to take whilst you are breastfeeding. This does not necessarily mean that they are dangerous, merely that the drug company has not undertaken trials itself and has chosen not to recommend its use in this situation.
See information sheet on Patient Information Leaflets on www. Some people have chronic allergies to things like dust mite or cat fur. Steroid nasal sprays can be very effected with virtually no passage into milk as they only act locally. Jones Other products are designed to block the passage of pollen into the nose thus preventing the reaction e. These will not pass into breastmilk. Most multiple pharmacies make their own brands of these drugs. Many are both available as paediatric syrups to be given to children over 2 years.
Short courses of sedating antihistamines e. Eye drops also act only locally and can be used during lactation e. Jones E. As there is less research it is the least favoured option in younger babies unless it is the only drug that the mother finds effective.
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