Last update Aug. 23, 2021
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Short-acting barbiturate used in the induction and maintenance of anesthesia, in the acute treatment of epileptic seizures and to reduce the increase in intracranial pressure.
Intravenous administration.
It is excreted in breast milk in a clinically non-significant amount (Esener 1992, Andersen 1987).
No problems have been observed in infants of mothers treated with this drug (Lee 1993, Andersen 1987).
The urinary thiopental levels of these infants was very low (Morgan 1982).
The mother can breastfeed again as soon as she awakens from anesthesia, is alert and fit and able to hold her baby (Lactmed, Schaefer 2015 p666, Lee 1993).
Several experts consider the occasional use of this medication safe during breastfeeding (Hale, Schaefer 2015 p665, Howie 2006).
American Academy of Pediatrics: Medication Usually Compatible with Breastfeeding (AAP 2001).
WHO Essential Medicines List: compatible with breastfeeding (WHO 2002).