Last update Dec. 24, 2024
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We do not have alternatives for Flurbiprofen 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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e-lactancia is a resource recommended by La Liga de la Leche, España of Spain
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It is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) derived from propionic acid and is used orally for musculoskeletal and joint disorders (ankylosing spondylitis, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis), sprains, postoperative pain, dysmenorrhea and migraine. Also in the form of lozenges for symptomatic relief of sore throat and in eye drops for ocular inflammatory disorders.
It is excreted in breast milk in clinically insignificant or undetectable amounts. (Smith 1989, Cox 1987)
No jaundice problems have been observed in newborns whose mothers took it. (Fu 2020)
Several medical societies and expert authors consider the use of this medication safe during breastfeeding. (Briggs 2015, Sachs 2013, Lee 1993, Goldsmith 1989, Needs 1985)
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