Hale's Medications & Mothers' Milk 2025-2026, 21e

Hale
Springer Publishing
758 pages
ISBN: 9780826100207
July 2024

Filled with authoritative, current, and evidence-based information, the 2025-2026 edition of this internationally renowned drug reference remains the gold standard on the safe use of medications in breastfeeding mothers. Extensively updated throughout, the 2025-2026 edition encompasses numerous new and updated drugs and delivers current knowledge on relevant diseases, vaccines, and syndromes as they impact infant risk. The new edition includes information about new drugs for weight loss, heart failure, anxiety, & postpartum depression such as Ozempic, Wegovy, Entrestro and more. Written by world-renowned clinical pharmacologists, the highly detailed manual relies on the most current evidence-based studies to evaluate the relative risk of commonly used drugs. It is precisely organized for quick information retrieval and features the respected guidance of Dr. Hale's Lactation Risk Categories (LRC), listing safe alternatives for drugs one is currently taking or might need to take in the future. For ease of access to information, the reference highlights key points and savvy tips and presents common abbreviations, illustrative diagrams, concise information on evaluating the infant, and more.