Author Interviews, JAMA, Neurological Disorders, Pediatrics / 29.05.2014
Should Women on Seizure Medications Breastfeed Their Babies?
MedicalResearch.com Interview with:
Kimford J. Meador, MD
Professor
Department of Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Stanford Comprehensive Epilepsy Center
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, CA 94305-5235.
MedicalResearch: What are the main findings of the study?
Dr. Meador: Breastfeeding while taking antiepileptic drugs does not appear to pose a risk to the child's development, and in fact the cognitive outcomes were better for those children who were breastfed vs. those were not.
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