Zantac 75 breastfeeding

Becoming pregnant and making the decision to breast feed usually brings out questions about the safety of medications that you may already be taking. Some of those medications aren’t safe to take during pregnancy but may be safe while breastfeeding or visa versa. Medications taken during pregnancy can affect the growth and development of the baby if they pass over the placental barrier while those taken during lactation (breastfeeding) may affect the growth of the brain of the new baby when it passes through the breast milk.

However, different medications have different levels at which they pass through breast milk. Those medications that pass through the breast milk in minute amounts, and which also have been found to have little to no effect on the development of the baby, are often deemed safe by the medical community for use in breastfeeding mothers.

Zantac 75 breastfeeding is one of those medications that isn’t recommended during pregnancy or during breastfeeding because it passes through to the infant in large enough amounts to make an impact on the development and growth of the newborn.

Zantac is a medication that is used for excessive heartburn or gastric acid caused by specific foods that trigger your responses. Zantac is an H2-Antagonist. This is a fancy medical term that means that the medication is designed to block the action of histamine in the stomach. This blocking action reduces the amount of stomach acid the stomach makes and therefore decreases the amount of heart burn and acid stomach problems.

Zantac is prescribed for short term treatment of active ulcers, maintenance treatment of Gastric Esophageal reflux (GERD) or Zollinger-Ellison syndrome and treatment and healing of erosive esophagitis. Zantac is available over the counter and in a different strength by prescription. And because the medication is so common and available over the counter, women who are pregnant or nursing should talk with their doctors about whether the risk vs. benefit is worth it.

Zantac 75 breastfeeding passes from the mother’s bloodstream into the breast milk and into the baby. Zantac has side effects from the administration of the medication and because the baby is ingesting it as well they can also be affected by the side effects of the medication. Those side effects include headache, rash, depression, confusion, blood disorder, liver dysfunction, dizziness, hair loss, joint pain, and slow heart rate. Many of these side effects also can precipitate other medical problems in the baby.

Before using or taking Zantac 75 breastfeeding whether over the counter or prescription strength discuss the potential risks to your new baby and the long term consequences.