Are anti-viral drugs safe while breastfeeding?
Women who breastfeed can continue taking the antiviral medications. If a mother is ill, all precautions should be taken to prevent newborn infection including hand washing and use of a mask. Transmission of virus through breast milk is unknown. 8) Will the flu vaccination protect me against the swine flu? There is a good possibility that there is some measure of protection that the current vaccine has because of cross-reactivity but it may not be sufficient to prevent illness. Vaccines have to be changed nearly every year because of the ability of the influenza virus to mutate. Availability of a new vaccine specifically for this strain of the swine flu will probably be available within the next 6 months. Tags: antibodies and swine flu, breastfeeding, safe, swine flu This entry was posted on Tuesday, May 12th, 2009 at 11:57 pm and is filed under swine flu. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your
