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    • LactMed (Drugs and Lactation Database)

    Metadata Updated: June 19, 2025

    LactMed (Drugs and Lactation Database) contains information on drugs and other chemicals to which breastfeeding mothers may be exposed. It includes information on the levels of such substances in breast milk and infant blood, and the possible adverse effects in the nursing infant. Suggested therapeutic alternatives to those drugs are provided, where appropriate.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: See this page for license information.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date March 16, 2021
    Metadata Updated Date June 19, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from Healthdata.gov

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date March 16, 2021
    Metadata Updated Date June 19, 2025
    Publisher National Library of Medicine
    Maintainer
    Identifier https://datadiscovery.nlm.nih.gov/api/views/r48h-qc9c
    Data First Published 2020-09-18
    Data Last Modified 2025-06-18
    Category Chemicals and Drugs
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 009:25
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Metadata Catalog ID https://healthdata.gov/data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id 50837b3a-fca6-4c29-8f4f-a0cb3f5bd2d8
    Harvest Source Id 651e43b2-321c-4e4c-b86a-835cfc342cb0
    Harvest Source Title Healthdata.gov
    Homepage URL https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK501922/
    License http://opendefinition.org/licenses/odc-odbl/
    Program Code 009:041
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 3d8c9f44ff7724d1c52f1ba1308fce933ee69beebf5c8c62c5cfbfd7c6f8699b
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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