Last update: March 28, 2014
Poorly safe. Evaluate carefully.
Use safer alternative or interrupt breastfeeding 3 to 7 T ½ (elimination half-lives).
Read the Comment.
We do not have alternatives for Indium-111.
Suggestions made at e-lactancia are done by APILAM´s pediatricians and pharmacists, and are based on updated scientific publications.
It is not intended to replace the relationship you have with your doctor but to compound it.
Your contribution is essential for this service to continue to exist. We need the generosity of people like you who believe in the benefits of breastfeeding.
Thank you for helping to protect and promote breastfeeding.
Indium-111 belongs to this group or family:
Main tradenames from several countries containing Indium-111 in its composition:
Write to us at elactancia.org@gmail.com
e-lactancia is a resource recommended by IHAN from Spain
Would you like to recommend the use of e-lactancia? Write to us at corporate mail of APILAM
Pump-out breast milk and keep it in refrigerator for some days before procedure.
After test is done, keep-on pumping the breast (to stimulate milk production), and, dispose it for 8 to 24 hours (1 week if dose is 20 Mbq=0,5mCi). Feed the baby with stored milk.
(Choose the shortest half-life span radionucleotide as possible)