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Hello All,
I am currently on Prednisone 6 mg (started on 10 mg and have been tapering down 1 mg each week). I am soon to be started on Plaquenil (2 a day) and will be taking both for 2 or so months until I can taper off Pred and the Plaq will be working. I take the Pred in the AM per my rheumatologist and I have tried pump and dumping, waiting 4 hours to feed, and just nursing as normal. When I called the Infant Risk hotline, I was told that since it's a low dose I can just nurse as normal. But, on this thread I read that waiting 4 hours is advisable. I am nervous about exposing my baby to too much medication. Can you please advise what to do? And if I'm out of the house and need to nurse within the 4 hour period after taking it, will she be OK? Lastly, is there any contraindication to taking Pred and Plaq at the same time while nursing?
Thanks so much.
I am currently on Prednisone 6 mg (started on 10 mg and have been tapering down 1 mg each week). I am soon to be started on Plaquenil (2 a day) and will be taking both for 2 or so months until I can taper off Pred and the Plaq will be working. I take the Pred in the AM per my rheumatologist and I have tried pump and dumping, waiting 4 hours to feed, and just nursing as normal. When I called the Infant Risk hotline, I was told that since it's a low dose I can just nurse as normal. But, on this thread I read that waiting 4 hours is advisable. I am nervous about exposing my baby to too much medication. Can you please advise what to do? And if I'm out of the house and need to nurse within the 4 hour period after taking it, will she be OK? Lastly, is there any contraindication to taking Pred and Plaq at the same time while nursing?
Thanks so much.