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pharmacokinetics and
pharmacodynamics in mother
and foetus
Drugs for the breastfeeding woman
Sparse data
Nothing to suggest changed absorption
in pregnancy
Pharmacokinetics in pregnancy
Distribution
25 %
>1
>2
60 % 1 or less
15 %
Determinants of level of exposure
Depending on
Amount of milk taken by infant
Milk-to-plasma ratio
Clearance by infant
Most important
Relation between the Level of Exposure of an Infant to a Drug Excreted in Breast Milk and the
Rate of Clearance of the Drug by the Infant, According to the Ratio of the Drug Concentration in
the Milk to the Drug Concentration in Maternal Plasma