Breastfeeding tachipirina is safe: how to dose it to cure yourself
A tear or seasonal malaise happens to everyone, even new mothers. It is right to take care of your newborn baby, but remember to carve out a few moments just for the care of yourself: the whole family will benefit! Today you will learn how to medicate yourself for small ailments; you will need it to support your baby in the early stages of growth. Watch in our video what are the evolutionary stages of babies from 6 to 12 months.
The benefits of breastfeeding
Thanks to breastfeeding you are able to pass all the essential nutrients for the optimal growth of your baby, but not only that, you can give him emotional comfort and protect him from the first diseases. Not bad eh?
A mother's milk is therefore not just a food, it is much more! This is why many scientific studies underline how recommended it is to propose exclusive breastfeeding to the newborn, at least for the first 6 months of life, the most delicate. After that, the mother's milk can be supplemented by solid meals, which are usually given to the baby just around 6-7 months, to continue up to one year of age.
Many women have realized how important this gesture of love is and have decided to follow the guidelines of the WHO (World Health Organization), attempting to breastfeed exclusively during the first period of their baby's life. Natural breastfeeding is promoted everywhere, in hospitals, in clinics, in scientific journals, but also in the homes of mothers who have already had a child or two and have enjoyed feeding them with their milk. The number of breastfeeding mothers it is really high compared to a few decades ago and consequently there are a whole series of questions related to this delicate moment, including those relating to the health of the mother and the permitted therapies.
When a new mother gets sick, what can she take to cure herself? Can drugs be taken while breastfeeding?
What to do if mom is sick or in pain?
The use of drugs in breastfeeding is a subject little dealt with by science, because those who produce them know that a pharmaceutical product can spread in the organism, including in the tissues. Therefore it can also pass into the milk that a mother gives to her baby. But in what quantities do the drugs pass into the milk? And above all, how much of this drug present in the milk then passes into the little body of the little one?
Let's start by saying that the leaflets that you find in the drug boxes are a little more cautious than the reality of the facts. It is estimated that there are few pharmaceutical products that can really harm the newborn when he feeds his mother's milk. Usually these are those drugs of particular use, and not the most common ones used to relieve pain or to heal seasonal diseases.
This does not mean that it is necessary to always contact the general practitioner to find out which drugs can be taken during the breastfeeding period, because these substances, as we said at the beginning of the paragraph, tend to spread into the tissues and blood, and can arrive to the child. The important thing to understand is whether the drug is really used to medicate and only then act accordingly. If you need to take any medicine check the list below; if they contain the following active ingredients or if they are part of these drug groups, it is not necessary to stop breastfeeding:
- paracetamol, acetylsalicylic acid, ibuprofen;
- penicillin (and derivatives), erythromycin, cephalosporins;
- digoxin, insulin, bronchodilators (eg salbutamol) and most antihypertensives;
- common cough and cold remedies;
- food supplements containing iron and vitamins.
Tachipirina and breastfeeding: how much is needed
A moderate dose is fine to safely treat yourself with acetaminophen. As you read above it is on the list of active ingredients allowed in breastfeeding, but there must always be a responsible attitude behind its intake.
An example? Take the medicine immediately after the baby feeds or just before his night's rest. In this way the drug will have plenty of time to disperse in your body and over the hours the percentage of the substance that will pass into your milk will be equal to 0.
You will remember that during pregnancy tachipirina is one of the very few drugs allowed, because it is safe for the fetus in the belly. Now that the baby is born, paracetamol continues to be a good option to treat yourself in case of fever or mild pain; the amount that passes into the milk is really irrelevant.
You can buy tachipirina in drops, tablets or syrup and each type has different ways of administration. The rule applies to all of them that you must never exceed in doses! Here are some general guidelines to keep in mind:
- limits the intake to a maximum of 3g per day (calibrated on a weight of about 80kg); beyond this threshold there are very serious repercussions on the liver;
- take tachipirina at intervals of about 4 hours apart and never more than 3 tablets of 1000mg or 6 in the 500mg format. You can also take it on an empty stomach without the risk of contraindications;
- if you are breastfeeding the ideal would be not to exceed 2 grams per day and for no more than 3 consecutive days.
The situations in which it is worth taking it? One of the most frequent cases in breastfeeding is when the dreaded mastitis occurs: a nasty inflammation of the mammary glands that leads to a high fever. If you are suffering from this disorder, consult a doctor because if the tachipirina pase therapy is not enough, it will be his care to integrate with an antibiotic compatible with the attachment to the breast of your baby, so that you do not have to interrupt it.
Tachipirina and breastfeeding: contraindications
Paracetamol has minimal side effects, of which the most common is the drop in blood pressure: tachipirina is an antipyretic drug and therefore can lead to impaired sweating and a loss of mineral salts. Precisely for this contraindication it is not recommended to use it excessively in those who already normally suffer from low pressure.
Its use is also discouraged when you are hypersensitive to the active ingredient or if you suffer from some insufficiency, such as hepatic and renal insufficiency, as well as in cases of haemolytic anemia and phenylketonuria.
Among the rarer contraindications of tachipirina there are instead vomiting or diarrhea, as well as mild allergic reactions that are released on the skin.
Obviously for a nursing mother, but also for all other situations in which it is necessary to take this medicine, it is essential not to associate it with alcohol or other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
