Last update Dec. 8, 2017
Compatible
We do not have alternatives for μεροπενέμη since it is relatively safe.
Suggestions made at e-lactancia are done by APILAM team of health professionals, and are based on updated scientific publications. It is not intended to replace the relationship you have with your doctor but to compound it. The pharmaceutical industry contraindicates breastfeeding, mistakenly and without scientific reasons, in most of the drug data sheets.
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μεροπενέμη is Meropenem in Greek.
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e-lactancia is a resource recommended by Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine - 2015 of United States of America
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Antibacterial carbapenem beta-lactam with indications similar to imipenem.
Intravenous administration every 8 hours.
It is excreted in breast milk in a clinically insignificant amount (Sauberan 2012) and no problems have been observed in infants whose mothers took it (Festini 2004).
Authorized pediatric use in infants and newborns.
It is considered by experts to be compatible with breastfeeding (Rowe 2013).
The possible negativity of cultures in febrile infants whose mothers take antibiotics should be taken into account, as well as the possibility of gastroenteritis due to altered intestinal flora (Benyamini 2005, Ito 1993, Kafetzis 1981).