Phentermine and Breastfeeding Mothers

You may have staved off using Phentermine during your pregnancy and are hoping now to get back into it after childbirth. If you are breastfeeding, do not. Concentrations of the drug in breast milk can, just like amphetamines, cause your baby to have:

• poor sleep patterns
• irritability coupled with high-pitched cries
• over-activeness
• restlessness
• poor muscle tone
• breathing difficulties
• tremors
• anorexia
  

You may also inadvertently be exposing your child to a Phentermine addiction. Furthermore, the risk of SIDS or Sudden Infant Death Syndrome for your baby may significantly increase. Alcohol, cigarette and drug use during pregnancy and even after the baby is born have been linked to this phenomenon as these substances may pass into breast milk.

If you have read information contrary to this, it is best to consult your pediatrician. Aside from a doctor’s opinion, you may want to determine the safety of any drug for breastfeeding through other references. The LactMed Drugs and Lactation Database is a peer-reviewed reference that confirms the safety of both prescription and over-the-counter pills for breastfeeding.

Phentermine and Child Care

You must be aware that Phentermine is a drug and therefore carries with it a whole range of side effects dependent on an individual’s body chemistry. It therefore should not surprising if these effects surface in you.

It is demanding enough to care for an infant but subjecting yourself to mood swings, anxiety attacks , exhaustion and other side effects Phentermine can bring, will only make child-caring extremely difficult and perhaps even unsafe for your baby. So the bottom line for mothers of infants and toddlers, whether breastfed or not is: nix the Phentermine.

The Alternative

You will feel much better and have more energy if you follow a healthy diet and exercise regimen instead. Exercise in itself releases the “feel-good” endorphins which will help put you in a better and more uplifting mood to cope with the stresses of child-rearing. Constant exercise may become habitual; and by this, you will have incorporated one of the most important components in a lifestyle change to get the body you want.