Breast milk takes longer to start flowing in new mothers using SSRI antidepressants than in moms not on the drugs, researchers report in the February Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.
Although the new study is too small to yield clear conclusions or change clinical practice, the authors say, the findings raise knotty questions about the use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors during late pregnancy.
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