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How do cholestyramine and colestipol affect breastfeeding?
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Cholestyramine and colestipol will not directly harm an unborn baby, because these drugs are not taken into the body. However, the drugs may keep the mother's body from absorbing vitamins that she and the baby need.
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∙ 13y ago
Wiki User
∙ 13y agoBecause cholestyramine and colestipol interfere with the absorption of vitamins, women who use these drugs while breastfeeding should ask their physicians if they need to take extra vitamins.
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What drugs can interfere with vitamin D?
Rifampin, H2 blockers, barbiturates, heparin, isoniazid, colestipol, cholestyramine, carbamazepine, phenytoin, fosphenytoin, and phenobarbital reduce serum levels of vitamin D
Who should take vitamin A supplements?
People taking some medications, including birth control pills, methotrexate, cholestyramine, colestipol, and drugs that act to sequester bile will also need larger amounts.
Who manufactures colestipol HCl?
Pfizer and Impax Laboratories manufacture Colestipol
What are side effects of Colestipol?
http://www.drugs.com/sfx/colestipol-side-effects.html
Will you pass drugs while breastfeeding?
Many, but not all, drugs do go into the milk of breastfeeding women.
What is another name for colestipol?
Colestid
Can you take minigynon while breastfeeding?
If it is the 'mini-pill' it is fine to take whilst breastfeeding. The 'combined' pill will however affect you milk production.
Does cholestyramine contain statin?
no
Is cholestyramine over the counter?
NO
What can affect breastfeeding?
Factors that affect breastfeeding. First is diet, what you eat is what your baby is getting. Drugs, you cant breastfeed while you are taking anti-tuberculosis medication and chemotherapeutics.Time, the frequent you breastfeed, the more milk will be produced.
What is another name for cholestyramine?
Questran
What is another name for Questran?
Cholestyramine
