There is a gap in the pharmaceutical market for women who have trouble producing breast milk. This patient population may include women with a low or decreased milk supply, or women who have adopted a baby and would like to begin breastfeeding. Some drugs that have been prescribed off-label have serious side effects including severe depression. There are no medications that are specifically designed to induce or increase lactation that are approved for this use by the US Food and Drug Administration. Epidemiological studies are needed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of drugs that promote lactation.
This is historical material “frozen in time”. The website is no longer updated and links to external websites and some internal pages may not work.
