Last update: Oct. 15, 2014
Very unsafe. Contraindicated.
Use of an alternative or cessation of breastfeeding.
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.
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e-lactancia is a resource recommended by La Liga de la Leche de Euskadi
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Used in the treatment of African Trypanosomiasis (T.Gambiense, Sleeping Disease). It contains arsenic. It is very toxic and adverse reactions are frequent and severe. It is reserved for treatment of advanced disease. In such a case, nursing is unlikely. Alternative drugs are not effective.
The pharmaceutical industry is responsible for not having developed a more effective and less toxic drug to treat such a disease that kills thousands of people every year just because they are poor and do not represent an opportunity to increase business profit.