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.
People taking some medications, including birth control pills, methotrexate, cholestyramine, colestipol, and drugs that act to sequester bile will also need larger amounts.
Pfizer and Impax Laboratories manufacture Colestipol
http://www.drugs.com/sfx/colestipol-side-effects.html
Colestipol is also known by its brand name, Colestid.
Questran is another name for cholestyramine.
Many, but not all, drugs do go into the milk of breastfeeding women.
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If it is the 'mini-pill' it is fine to take whilst breastfeeding. The 'combined' pill will however affect you milk production.
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.
Cholestyramine
Breastfeeding doens't affect periods.