Pre-Order Now!!! Medications and Mothers' Milk 2008 is a comprehensive reference on the impact of currently used medications on breastfeeding mothers and infants. Written by renowned clinical pharmacologist, Dr. Thomas W. Hale, this thousand plus page book is packed with information on more than 1000 drugs, vitamins, herbs, and vaccines. It includes tables on radioisotopes, radiocontrast agents, and common cold remedies.
Some of the new features added to Medications and Mothers' Milk 2008 , thirteenth edition include:
- More than 100 new drugs.
- Rigorous updates to hundreds of drugs and tables.
- Updated tables on radiocontrast agents.
- Updated tables on cold and cough remedies.
Each drug entry includes the drug name and generic name; common trade names used in Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom; uses of the drug; AAP recommendations on the drug; a drug monograph that describes what is currently known about the drug, its ability to enter milk, the concentration in milk at set time intervals, and other parameters that are important to a clinical consultant; pregnancy risk category; lactation risk category; theoretic infant dose; relative infant dose; adult concerns; pediatric concerns; drug interactions; alternative drugs that may be suitable choices; adult dosage; and a table that includes (when known) adult half life (T ½ ) of the medication, pediatric half life (PHL) of the medication, milk/plasma ratio (M/P), the time interval from administration of the drug until it reaches the highest level in the mother's plasma or peak time to max (Tmax), percentage of maternal protein binding (PB), oral bioavailability (Oral), the volume of distribution (Vd), the pH at which the drug is equally ionic and nonionic (pKa), and the molecular weight (MW) of the medication.
Pre-Order Now!!! Can I breastfeed if I have diabetes? Can I breastfeed if my baby has PKU? These and many other medical conditions are covered in Breastfeeding and Diseases.
Breastfeeding and Diseases describes common diseases that mothers and babies may have, discusses how the disease is usually treated, explains how breastfeeding may help the disease or if it is contraindicated, and gives a summary recommendation. Written by E. Stephen Buescher, a leading pediatrician and researcher, Breastfeeding and Diseases is a resource you will go to often.
This reference guide includes:• A description of each disease
• Common treatment for the disease
• The impact of breastfeeding on the disease
• How the disease will impact breastfeeding
• A summary that states whether or not breastfeeding is recommended if mother or child has the disease and what precautions the mother needs to take when breastfeeding
Some of the new features include:
• Signs and symptoms of the disease
• The effects of medications needed to treat the disease on the breastfed infant.
Hale Publishing is launching two new series of books on breastfeeding – one on clinical management and breastfeeding promotion entitled Clinics in Human Lactation and the other on breastfeeding research entitled Annals of Breastfeeding Research.These exciting new monograph series will bring you the latest information and research on hot topics of interest on breastfeeding and human lactation. The monographs will help clinicians and health providers keep up to date on the fast changing science of this exciting field. Look for the first ones to be published in late spring/early summer.These exciting new monograph series will bring you the latest information and research on hot topics of interest on breastfeeding and human lactation. The monographs will help clinicians and health providers keep up to date on the fast changing science of this excitisng field. Kathleen Kendall-Tackett's "Non-Pharmacologic Treatments in Depressed Mothers" is now available.
Hale & Hartmann's Textbook of Human Lactation is a compilation of chapters on the science of human lactation. Written by the foremost scientists in their fields, these chapters cover everything from the composition of human milk to why breastfed infants need supplemental vitamin D to how a variety of medications impact the breastfeeding couple. If you enjoyed Immunobiology of Human Milk, you will love Hale & Hartmann's Textbook of Human Lactation. All breastfeeding health care providers need this textbook in their resource library!
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