Last update Aug. 25, 2019
Compatible
We do not have alternatives for Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose 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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Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose is also known as Hypromellose. Here it is a list of alternative known names::
Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose in other languages or writings:
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A semisynthetic, inert and viscoelastic polymer with thickening, bioadhesive and solubility enhancing properties.
It is used as a pharmaceutical coating to modify its intestinal release and prolong its effect.
Used as a lubricant in the form of eye drops.
Since the last update we have not found published data on its excretion in breastmilk.
Since it is a derivative of cellulose, it is not absorbed either in the intestine or as an ophthalmological preparation (AEMPS 2014, MHRA 2009), so it is highly unlikely to appear in breastmilk. Its high molecular weight (Fukasawa 2004) makes its excretion in milk even less likely.
It is an inert product that is not metabolized and is devoid of toxicity, lacking systemic side effects (AEMPS 2014).