Re: Metrocream while nursing

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If it is helpful at all, this drug (metronidazole topical cream, 0.75%) is a catagory B for pregnancy.At Mon, 24 May 1999, Marcia wrote: >
>This weekend during a visit to my GP for something else,
>he diagnosed me with rosacea, a minor skin disease. I mentioned that I
>was nursing, though infrequently (2 or 3 x per day at most) and he said
>that it was OK to use this topical cream (metroidazole). However, I was
>reading the precautions in the package insert and under "nursing
>mothers", there is the admonishment, "Even though blood levels are
>significantly lower with topically applied metronidazole than those
>achieved after oral administration of metronidazole, a decision should
>be made whether to discontinue nursing or to discontinue the drug..."
>
>I can easily put off taking this for a few months until the baby stops
>nursing, but I wonder if it is really *that* necessary. Have any of the
>doctors here ever heard of this?
>I would appreciate some advice. Thank you for your time.
>
>--
>Marcia Corner
>
>P.S. I don't know if this will help, but this drug is classified as a
>pregnancy catagory B. The pharmaceutical company is Galderma
>Laboratories.
>

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