I am 37 and currently breastfeeding an eleven-month-old baby. Recently, a first degree relative died suddenly, and as a consequence the family is now being investigated for Brugada syndrome. The standard diagnostic test for this potentially fatal condition is a provocation test using an intravenous infusion of ajmaline over ten minutes.
The drug has a very short half-life (ten mins), but the specialists treating me are unsure whether I would need to give up breastfeeding to take the test. I breast fed my other children until age three, so to give up nursing now would be a shock to me.
I wonder if you can offer any advice.
Brigid
The drug has a very short half-life (ten mins), but the specialists treating me are unsure whether I would need to give up breastfeeding to take the test. I breast fed my other children until age three, so to give up nursing now would be a shock to me.
I wonder if you can offer any advice.
Brigid
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