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Probably, but who knows for sure. Certainly, the most risk is in newborns, or young infants. Older infants are much less sensitive to most any drug....

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12-24 hours. Observe for sedation and difficulty to arouse. But after 6 weeks, no, Lexapro would have nothing to do these late occurring symptoms....

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Fridgejo:

We have far less data on Lexapro, than with Zoloft. It just depends on which "works" for you. If you've tried Lexapro...

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3rdbaby7:

5 weeks should be more than enough to reduce the risk of withdrawal in the infant.

Tom Hale Ph.D....

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Madamesam:

Drugs can all have unusual symptoms in individuals exposed to them. What we do know about the antidepressants is that during...

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Angel:

HIDA scans include the use of radioactive Technetiuim-99. While technetium is not very dangerous, and it has only a 6 hour half life,...

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Ablue33:

Sorry, I don't know of any. Most of those suggested don't really work.

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Ablue33:

We have absolutely NO data on this new drug. I can't suggest that it is safe to use in a breastfed infant, even one 18 months...

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JDF: It could be that your infant is actually withdrawing from the antidepressant and Ativan, and that the dose in milk is too low to stop withdrawal....

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Ra622:

Who knows how many weeks. Generally we suggest as long as possible, but 10 half lives is probably a good bet. But again, we don't...

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Ra622:
That cutting it close, but will probably be ok.

Tom Hale Ph.d....

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fridgejo:

There are dozens of apparent drug drug interactions listed for escitalopram and various drugs. I don't think I'd really worry...

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Ra622:

Withdrawal from opiates should always be slow. I'd suggest you taper off by the 9th month. However, this is something that is dependent...

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Jammaarander:

There's really not much risk in a single use. I'd go ahead and breastfeed.

But don't use it again. Use something...

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Sunshine:

There's almost no scientific data available on this drug. I can't really advise you as to its safety. Its rather small in molecular...

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Susannuts:

This is probably TOO much and I'd worry about inalterably changing your infants gut microbiome. I'd suggest your pump and discard...

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fridgejo:

We estimate from several studies that 5.2% - 7.9% of the MATERNAL dose of escitalopram reaches the infant via milk.
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TCS710

While long-term exposure to narcotics is not ideal, we always have to weight the benefit of breastfeeding to the problem of long-term...

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Fridgejo:

As far as I've seen, there are minor short term problems at birth (perhaps lower birth weight), but as for long-term complications,...

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Ma0613:

We don't know much about its use in pregnancy, but there are some reports of an increased risk of some malformations with the use...