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Q&A: Taking diet pills while breastfeeding

(InteliHealth) UPDATED 2008-02-27
One woman wants to know if taking the over-the-counter diet pill Alli will harm her breastmilk or her baby. Pediatrician Dr. Claire McCarthy says that it could cause several problems. Alli is a fat-blocker, and since some vitamins are fat soluble--meaning the body has to ingest fat in order to digest the vitamins--it could be possible that the breastmilk may not contain vital nutrients. Also, McCarthy notes, the fat-blocker could be passed on to the child, which is dangerous since babies need fat in their diet for growth and brain development.  Read full story >
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