Can you breastfeed with painkillers?

Whether or not you can breastfeed after taking painkillers while breastfeeding depends on the type of medication and the dose taken. Some painkillers have no effect on the baby and breastfeeding can continue. Some painkillers can enter the baby’s body through breast milk and affect the baby, in which case breastfeeding is not recommended. The vast majority of painkillers will have adverse effects on the baby, such as pathologic jaundice, cyanosis, etc., and may even cause the baby to develop deafness, liver and kidney function damage and other serious consequences. Drugs must be used with caution during breastfeeding, and if it is difficult to determine whether the drug will have an adverse effect on the baby, this is the best time to temporarily stop breastfeeding. If the baby mother appears to be unwell, you need to go to the hospital in time, to clarify the cause of the disease and take appropriate measures to manage, because sometimes unauthorized and indiscriminate use of painkillers is easy to cover up the condition. And taking painkillers is often only to relieve the symptoms, and can not achieve the purpose of a complete cure, so that breastfeeding mothers need to follow the doctor’s advice to take medication, do not abuse on their own.