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Can a woman that's nursing take pepto bismol (bismuth subsalicylate)?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Not recommended: Recommend against use of pepto - bismol by nursing mothers because some may be excreted into breast milk. The salicylate in the pepto- bismol could put the baby at risk for development of reye’s syndrome.

Answered 12/1/2019

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