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BASIC & CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY & TOXICOLOGY
Volume 128, Issue 6, Pages 795-804Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/bcpt.13579
Keywords
breast milk; breastfeeding; lactation study; migraine; pharmacokinetics; relative infant dose; triptans
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- Helse Nord RHF [SFP1248-15]
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This study investigated the excretion of six different triptans into human breast milk among 19 breastfeeding women with migraine. The results showed that infant drug exposure through breastfeeding is low and indicates compatibility of triptans with breastfeeding. Naratriptan may not be the first choice for breastfeeding mothers initiating triptans during the neonatal period.
Clinical data on the transfer of triptans into human breast milk remain scarce. In a lactation study including 19 breastfeeding women with migraine, we examined the excretion of six different triptans into milk. Following intake of a single dose, each participant collected seven breast milk samples at predefined intervals up to 24 hours after dose. Triptan concentrations in milk were measured using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). Infant drug exposure was estimated by calculating the relative infant dose (RID). Twenty-two breast milk sample sets were obtained for sumatriptan (n = 8), rizatriptan (n = 5), zolmitriptan (n = 4), eletriptan (n = 3), almotriptan (n = 1) and naratriptan (n = 1). Based on the average concentration in milk throughout the day, estimated mean RIDs (with range in parenthesis) were as follows: eletriptan 0.6% (0.3%-0.8%), sumatriptan 0.7% (0.2%-1.8%), rizatriptan 0.9% (0.3%-1.4%), almotriptan 1.8% (-), zolmitriptan 2.1% (0.7%-5.3%) and naratriptan 5.0% (-). Infant drug exposure through breastfeeding appears to be low and indicates that use of the triptans in this study is compatible with breastfeeding. Naratriptan may not be first choice in breastfeeding mothers initiating triptans during the neonatal period.
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