Hello,
I am looking for information about selective antihistamine Tavegyl / Tavist / Clemastine Fumurate which is new in Finland. The Basic Medicine Database says that it enters breastmilk in small amounts and is comparative with breastfeeding, it's farmacocinetics is not listed. The LactBase Database does not know this medicine at all and there seems not to be any information here in the Forum either.
Do You have any information about this?
I have a mom who got this yesteday in ER after severy nut allergy symptoms with Solu-Medrol. The ER doctor said that one week stop of breastfeeding is needed but later said that the mom can breastfeed partially. I quoted the Medicine Database info to the mother today but like to know more if there is some specific information regarding breastfeeding.
In Wikipedia about brand names:
Clemastine is an OTC drug, and is available as a syrup (0.5 mg per 5mL) and tablet (1mg). It is sold in the United States and Portugal under the brand names Tavist by Novartis and as Clemastine Fumurate by Novex, Perrigo, Sandoz, Silarx, Teva and Wockhardt. In United Kingdom, Egypt, Germany, Iran, Spain and other countries sold as Tavegil, in Russia, Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, Turkey and other countries as Tavegyl and in India as Taregyl.
Warmly,
Pia Ruohotie,
RN, IBCLC from Helsinki, Finland
I am looking for information about selective antihistamine Tavegyl / Tavist / Clemastine Fumurate which is new in Finland. The Basic Medicine Database says that it enters breastmilk in small amounts and is comparative with breastfeeding, it's farmacocinetics is not listed. The LactBase Database does not know this medicine at all and there seems not to be any information here in the Forum either.
Do You have any information about this?
I have a mom who got this yesteday in ER after severy nut allergy symptoms with Solu-Medrol. The ER doctor said that one week stop of breastfeeding is needed but later said that the mom can breastfeed partially. I quoted the Medicine Database info to the mother today but like to know more if there is some specific information regarding breastfeeding.
In Wikipedia about brand names:
Clemastine is an OTC drug, and is available as a syrup (0.5 mg per 5mL) and tablet (1mg). It is sold in the United States and Portugal under the brand names Tavist by Novartis and as Clemastine Fumurate by Novex, Perrigo, Sandoz, Silarx, Teva and Wockhardt. In United Kingdom, Egypt, Germany, Iran, Spain and other countries sold as Tavegil, in Russia, Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, Turkey and other countries as Tavegyl and in India as Taregyl.
Warmly,
Pia Ruohotie,
RN, IBCLC from Helsinki, Finland
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