Is Chondroitin safe while breastfeeding?
Here is what NIH LactMed, the U.S. National Library of Medicine's authority on medicines and breastfeeding, reports about Chondroitin. This is a summary of that source — not our own verdict.
Effects on the breastfed infant
Relevant published information was not found as of the revision date.
Effects on milk supply
Relevant published information was not found as of the revision date.
Levels in milk
Maternal Levels. Pooled human milk from healthy subjects was found to have an average chondroitin sulfate concentration of 231 mg/L, representing 55.5% of all human milk glycosaminoglycans.[ 1 ] A lactating woman with unilateral breast cancer had the breastmilk chondroitin sulfate content analyzed from each breast. Milk from the unaffected breast had chondroitin sulfate content similar to previous studies. Milk from the cancerous breast had a large increase in the chondroitin sulfate disaccharide sulfated in position 6 of N-acetylgalactosamine.[ 3 ] Infant Levels. Relevant published information was not found as of the revision date.
“No published information” means the studies do not exist yet — not that Chondroitin is known to be harmful, and not that it is known to be safe. Your prescriber or pharmacist can weigh your baby's age and whether a better-studied alternative would do the same job. Worth asking before stopping a medicine you need.
Source: NIH LactMed (National Library of Medicine).
Educational summary of an authoritative source — not medical advice. Never start, stop, or change a medicine while breastfeeding without confirming with your doctor.