Dermatológia pre prax 4/2011
Dermatology therapy in lactating women
Dermatovenereologists are often faced with the problem of local and systemic drugs administration to breastfeeding woman. The physician´s responsibility is to be aware of the potential risk of prescribing a specific therapeutic agent, to inform the mother of this risk, and to administer the most suitable drug for diagnosis. The purpose of this article is to provide guidelines of basic drug administration to the breastfeeding woman.
Keywords: lactation, risk, dermatovenereologic treatment, local therapy, systemic therapy.