Self-limiting diarrhea in an infant exposed to sertraline in breast milk

Sertraline is widely used to treat postpartum depression. Though studies found detectable levels of sertraline in infant blood, very few adverse effects are reported. Reporting hereby is a case of an infant who developed self-limiting diarrhea, probably due to exposure to sertraline in breast milk.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: N A Uvais
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
Series:Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.jfmpc.com/article.asp?issn=2249-4863;year=2017;volume=6;issue=4;spage=876;epage=877;aulast=Uvais
_version_ 1818525455491268608
author N A Uvais
author_facet N A Uvais
author_sort N A Uvais
collection DOAJ
description Sertraline is widely used to treat postpartum depression. Though studies found detectable levels of sertraline in infant blood, very few adverse effects are reported. Reporting hereby is a case of an infant who developed self-limiting diarrhea, probably due to exposure to sertraline in breast milk.
first_indexed 2024-12-11T06:09:27Z
format Article
id doaj.art-326eb60645434246a3f7c82c28e413f8
institution Directory Open Access Journal
issn 2249-4863
language English
last_indexed 2024-12-11T06:09:27Z
publishDate 2017-01-01
publisher Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
record_format Article
series Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
spelling doaj.art-326eb60645434246a3f7c82c28e413f82022-12-22T01:18:10ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care2249-48632017-01-016487687710.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_217_17Self-limiting diarrhea in an infant exposed to sertraline in breast milkN A UvaisSertraline is widely used to treat postpartum depression. Though studies found detectable levels of sertraline in infant blood, very few adverse effects are reported. Reporting hereby is a case of an infant who developed self-limiting diarrhea, probably due to exposure to sertraline in breast milk.http://www.jfmpc.com/article.asp?issn=2249-4863;year=2017;volume=6;issue=4;spage=876;epage=877;aulast=UvaisAdverse drug reactionsdiarrheasertraline
spellingShingle N A Uvais
Self-limiting diarrhea in an infant exposed to sertraline in breast milk
Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
Adverse drug reactions
diarrhea
sertraline
title Self-limiting diarrhea in an infant exposed to sertraline in breast milk
title_full Self-limiting diarrhea in an infant exposed to sertraline in breast milk
title_fullStr Self-limiting diarrhea in an infant exposed to sertraline in breast milk
title_full_unstemmed Self-limiting diarrhea in an infant exposed to sertraline in breast milk
title_short Self-limiting diarrhea in an infant exposed to sertraline in breast milk
title_sort self limiting diarrhea in an infant exposed to sertraline in breast milk
topic Adverse drug reactions
diarrhea
sertraline
url http://www.jfmpc.com/article.asp?issn=2249-4863;year=2017;volume=6;issue=4;spage=876;epage=877;aulast=Uvais
work_keys_str_mv AT nauvais selflimitingdiarrheainaninfantexposedtosertralineinbreastmilk