Hirudin treatment in a breastfeeding woman

Lancet. 2000 Feb 5;355(9202):467-8. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)82018-8.

Abstract

We report on a breastfeeding woman with deep venous thrombosis treated with hirudin because of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia, in whom hirudin was not detectable in human breastmilk.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antithrombins / pharmacokinetics
  • Antithrombins / therapeutic use*
  • Breast Feeding*
  • Female
  • Hirudin Therapy*
  • Hirudins / pharmacokinetics
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Milk, Human / chemistry*
  • Venous Thrombosis / drug therapy*

Substances

  • Antithrombins
  • Hirudins