Abstract

MACHADO SOLANO, Ana María et al. Use of medicines and phytopharmaceuticals in mothers during breastfeeding. Multimed [online]. 2019, vol.23, n.5, pp. 1048-1063. ISSN 1028-4818.

The only food that the baby should receive during the first 6 months of life is the milk of his mother. Any substance she consumes while breastfeeding has repercussions on her child, so the use of medications, phytopharmaceuticals or other substances must be by prescription and strictly monitored. In order to characterize the use of medicines and phytopharmaceuticals in mothers during the period of breastfeeding, a descriptive, cross-sectional observational study was conducted in ten urban offices in Bayamo, Granma province, during the period September 2017 to April 2018. The The universe grouped nursing mothers belonging to these offices, and the sample was made up of those who agreed to be included in the research, with prior informed consent. Mothers were characterized according to the following variables: level of schooling, medications and phytodrugs consumed, duration of exclusive breastfeeding according to medication consumption and type of medication that led to the suspension of breastfeeding. Theoretical, empirical and statistical methods were used (from descriptive statistics, absolute and relative frequencies). As relevant results, 64% of the mothers were between 20 and 34 years old and 54.7% had overcome the level of pre-university education; 69.3 consumed medications and 41.3%, phytopharmaceuticals, highlighting dipyrone and ibuprofen in the former and mint, in the latter. It was concluded that the most influential medications in the suspension of breastfeeding were chlorodiazopoxide and amiodarone.

Keywords : Breast feeding; Drug therapy; Drug effects.

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