Last update May 23, 2025
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We do not have alternatives for Ceftibuten since it is relatively safe.
Suggestions made at e-lactancia are done by APILAM team of health professionals, and are based on updated scientific publications. It is not intended to replace the relationship you have with your doctor but to compound it. The pharmaceutical industry contraindicates breastfeeding, mistakenly and without scientific reasons, in most of the drug data sheets.
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Third generation cephalosporin antibiotic. Oral administration once daily.
Like most cephalosporins, it is excreted in breast milk in very small, clinically insignificant amounts; in 6 mothers taking it, the milk levels were undetectable. (Barr 1991)
Cephalosporins are widely used in paediatrics with very good tolerance, even from the neonatal period, so it is very unlikely that, in small quantities through milk, they can cause problems to the infant.
The possibility of gastroenteritis due to alteration of the intestinal flora must be taken into account. (Ito 1993)
Several medical societies and expert authors consider it safe to use this medication during breastfeeding. (Hale, LactMed, Briggs 2015)