Is Periciazine safe while breastfeeding?
Here is what NIH LactMed, the U.S. National Library of Medicine's authority on medicines and breastfeeding, reports about Periciazine. 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
Propericiazine is metabolized to the active drug, periciazine in the body. Maternal Levels. A woman with dissociative disorder and persistent dysthymic depression was treated during pregnancy with brotizolam 0.25 mg daily, propericiazine 10 mg daily, and zolpidem 5 mg daily. Zolpidem was discontinued at week 28 and sulpiride 100 mg daily was begun at week 33. Milk samples taken at 7.5 and 11.5 hours after the previous dose on day 9 postpartum contained 0.3 and 0.1 mcg/L of periciazine, respectively.[ 1 ] Infant Levels. Relevant published information was not found as of the revision date.
Alternatives LactMed lists
“No published information” means the studies do not exist yet — not that Periciazine 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.