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Is ivermectin safe breastfeding mother

2021-04-27 17:05:14
Ivermectin 12 mg weekly once has been recommended as preventive medicine by our company doctor against Covid infection and to continue till threat persists. Query is : whether a breastfeeding mother of six months can this medicine?
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Its use during lactating period is controversial.So its better to avoid!

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Yup can be taken.

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