Codeine Not Safe For All Breastfeeding Moms And Their Babies
Wednesday, August 20, 2008 - 21:07
in Health & Medicine
Using pain treatments which contain codeine may be risky for some breastfeeding mothers, according to new research. The research suggests that the codeine used in some pain relief drugs can actually have harmful and even fatal results for infants when ingested by some breastfeeding mothers.
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