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🤱 Breastfeeding Safety
Sulfamethoxazole
Bactrim, Septra
Sulfamethoxazole is often taken with Trimethoprim and is generally acceptable for use during breastfeeding with healthy, full-term infants after the newborn period. Caution is advised for jaundiced, ill, stressed, or premature infants.
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