Pooled Analysis of Antidepressant Levels in Lactating Mothers, Breast Milk, and Nursing Infants

Abstract

Nortriptyline, paroxetine, and sertraline may be preferred choices in breast-feeding women. Minimizing the maternal dose may be helpful with citalopram. Current data do not support monitoring breast milk levels in individual patients. Future researchers should report maternal, breast milk, and infant antidepressant levels along with other appropriate variables.