dexamethasone vs prednisone for treatment of ITP and breastfeeding

[kthomps7]

I am currently receiving 80mg of prednisone for 7 days while breastfeeding my 5.5 month old daughter. I took the medicine at 2pm and pumped and dumped until feeding her at 2am. How long does it stay in my milk? Is 7 days and 80mg too high of a dose for too long to breastfeed? Should I bottle feed her stored milk instead?

If this medicine does not work then I will receive dexamethasone at 28mg for four days. Is there any research regarding breastfeeding and dexamethasone?

[kthomps7]

Do you have any thoughts on this?

Thanks!

[admin]

If you wait 12 hours AFTER taking the prednisone, then the transfer to your infant should be minimal. Basically it goes into milk at 1 hour, and is largely gone by 8-10 hours.

Tom Hale PH.D.