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  • Doxycycline and Toddler Nursing

    Hello! Diagnosed today with left lower lobe pneumonia and prescribe Doxycycline BID for 7 days and Teslon pearls PRN. I see the doxycycline is ok as long as it’s not long term, but cannot find anything about the Teslon Pearls. Thank you!

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    Mrs Rice:

    No problem with short term use of Doxycycline ( 3 weeks or less).

    Tesilon pearls are only a problem when a child ingests them "directly", such as from the bottle. Here they are terribly dangerous. So put this bottle in a REALLY SAFE PLACE.

    We do not know the amount of Benzonatate that enters milk but I think it is probably low. If you don't need these, don't take them while breastfeeding.

    So once this pneumonia is over, DISCARD THE TESSILON safely !!!

    Tom Hale Ph.D.

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    • #3
      I forgot to mention he will be 18 months old on the 17th. Still ok?

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      • #4
        MrsRice2012:

        Yes, still ok, maybe even better as infant is older, and your milk supply has dropped.

        Tom Hale

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