Last update Dec. 31, 2022
Likely Compatibility
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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Telithromycin in other languages or writings:
Telithromycin belongs to this group or family:
Main tradenames from several countries containing Telithromycin in its composition:
Variable | Value | Unit |
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Oral Bioavail. | 57 | % |
Molecular weight | 812 | daltons |
Protein Binding | 60 - 70 | % |
VD | 2.9 | l/Kg |
pKa | 8.84 | - |
Tmax | 1 (0.5 - 4) | hours |
T½ | 10 | hours |
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e-lactancia is a resource recommended by Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine - 2015 of United States of America
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It is a ketolide antibacterial used for the treatment of respiratory infections, including community-acquired pneumonia. Oral administration once a day.
At the date of the last update we did not find any published data on its excretion in breast milk.
Its pharmacokinetic characteristics (moderately elevated molecular weight and large volume of distribution) make it very unlikely its excretion into breast milk in significant amounts.
Although rare, the possibility of transient gastroenteritis due to alteration of the intestinal flora in infants whose mothers take antibiotics should be taken into account. (Ito 1993)
Until more published data is known about this drug in relation to breastfeeding, known safer alternatives are preferable, especially during the neonatal period and in the event of prematurity.