Dear Professor Hale
I would be so grateful if you could please be the one to answer my query below. Thank you!
​​​​​​I am still breastfeeding my 15 month old infant. She has never had a bottle of formula as she is allergic to dairy. Just over a month ago the Doctor prescribed me Levofloxacin 500 mg for 5 days for a bladder infection. He told me that it was safe to take while still breastfeeding as long as I waited a few hours after taking it to feed.
I took the Levofloxacin and waited about 8 hours after taking it to breastfeed my baby. I had no idea about all the apparent risks with infant joints etc until after I had taken it and I went to a different Doctor for a check up and she was surprised to hear that I had breastfed whilst on Levofloxacin and she told me I should have read the package insert as quinilones are not used on children. Since then I have been constantly worried. I feel like a bad mom for exposing my baby to that risk. What if she has joint or muscle problems growing up because of what I did. What if I have weakened her bones in some way. Surely that antibiotic can't be good for little growing bones.
The pediatrician told me he thinks it won't be a problem but I'm still so worried. I wish that I had not have taken the risk and I feel like such a bad mom. Please could I have your advice on the effects of Levofloxacin received by an infant through breastmilk? If only I had known about the Infant Risk Center before took the meds! I would have insisted on a safer antibiotic.
Thanks so much
Nikita
I would be so grateful if you could please be the one to answer my query below. Thank you!
​​​​​​I am still breastfeeding my 15 month old infant. She has never had a bottle of formula as she is allergic to dairy. Just over a month ago the Doctor prescribed me Levofloxacin 500 mg for 5 days for a bladder infection. He told me that it was safe to take while still breastfeeding as long as I waited a few hours after taking it to feed.
I took the Levofloxacin and waited about 8 hours after taking it to breastfeed my baby. I had no idea about all the apparent risks with infant joints etc until after I had taken it and I went to a different Doctor for a check up and she was surprised to hear that I had breastfed whilst on Levofloxacin and she told me I should have read the package insert as quinilones are not used on children. Since then I have been constantly worried. I feel like a bad mom for exposing my baby to that risk. What if she has joint or muscle problems growing up because of what I did. What if I have weakened her bones in some way. Surely that antibiotic can't be good for little growing bones.
The pediatrician told me he thinks it won't be a problem but I'm still so worried. I wish that I had not have taken the risk and I feel like such a bad mom. Please could I have your advice on the effects of Levofloxacin received by an infant through breastmilk? If only I had known about the Infant Risk Center before took the meds! I would have insisted on a safer antibiotic.
Thanks so much
Nikita
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