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Is it safe to use doktor mom herbal cough lozenges while breastfeeding? i have already been on antibiotics for a throat infection.

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Little data: German literature published in 1998 suggests breast feeders avoid the licorice that is in this preparation. Beyond that there is no data specif to that product available.

Answered 9/24/2018

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