Ethosuximide in human milk and in plasma of a mother and her nursed infant. 1981

A Rane, and R Tunell

1 The concentrations of ethosuximide were measured in the milk and in the plasma of a nursing mother and her infant during a period of 4.5 months after delivery. 2 The maternal and the infant's plasma concentrations rose after delivery. 3 The milk concentration ethosuximide was similar to that in maternal plasma on the third day after delivery. During the following 2 months the average milk/maternal plasma concentration ratio was 0.80. The rise in ethosuximide concentration in milk during the first month was steeper than that in infant's plasma, which may be due to an increase in the infant's clearance of the drug. 4 Even if the infant has subtherapeutic plasma concentrations it is recommended to control the levels in infants that are nursed by ethosuximide-treated mothers when nursing has been established.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007223 Infant A child between 1 and 23 months of age. Infants
D007231 Infant, Newborn An infant during the first 28 days after birth. Neonate,Newborns,Infants, Newborn,Neonates,Newborn,Newborn Infant,Newborn Infants
D007700 Kinetics The rate dynamics in chemical or physical systems.
D008895 Milk, Human Milk that is produced by HUMAN MAMMARY GLANDS. Breast Milk,Human Milk,Milk, Breast
D001942 Breast Feeding The nursing of an infant at the breast. Breast Fed,Breastfed,Milk Sharing,Wet Nursing,Breast Feeding, Exclusive,Breastfeeding,Breastfeeding, Exclusive,Exclusive Breast Feeding,Exclusive Breastfeeding,Sharing, Milk
D005013 Ethosuximide An anticonvulsant especially useful in the treatment of absence seizures unaccompanied by other types of seizures. Ethosuccimid,Emeside,Ethylmethylsuccimide,Ethymal,Etosuximida Faes,Petnidan,Pyknolepsinum,Suksilep,Suxilep,Zarontin,Faes, Etosuximida
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults

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