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High dose of Methimazole (40 mg per day)
A mother (with a 4-month-old baby) receives Methimazole (5mg) 4 tabs x 2 times a day = 40 mg per day. According to Hale's Medications and Mothers' Milk (2021), the maximum adult dose is 30 mg daily. For this case, I am hesitant to decide how to manage this case to continue breastfeeding. Please suggest. Thank you very much.
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