Zicam Cold Remedy Oral Mist | Zinc Acetate And Zinc Gluconate Spray while Breastfeeding
Breast milk is superior in nutrition, It provides resistance against infections and allergies, It is naturally sterile. Despite all the advantages of breastfeeding some mothers choose to pause the breastfeeding in fear of harmful effects of medicines passing in breast milk. Are you wondering about breastfeeding and using Zicam Cold Remedy Oral Mist | Zinc Acetate And Zinc Gluconate Spray ? Know what is Zicam Cold Remedy Oral Mist | Zinc Acetate And Zinc Gluconate Spray and how it can affect your breast milk and whether Zicam Cold Remedy Oral Mist | Zinc Acetate And Zinc Gluconate Spray is safe for your kid or not.

What is Zicam Cold Remedy Oral Mist | Zinc Acetate And Zinc Gluconate Spray used for?


reduces duration of the common cold helps reduce severity of cold symptoms: sore throat stuffy nose sneezing coughing nasal congestion Zicam® Cold Remedy was formulated to shorten the duration of the common cold and was not formulated to be effective for flu or allergies.

Brief: Reduces duration and severity of the common cold

Is using Zicam Cold Remedy Oral Mist | Zinc Acetate And Zinc Gluconate Spray safe or dangerous while breastfeeding?

Zicam Cold Remedy Oral Mist | Zinc Acetate And Zinc Gluconate Spray safe for breastfeeding
There are 2 main ingredients of Zicam Cold Remedy Oral Mist | Zinc Acetate And Zinc Gluconate Spray, Zinc cation and Zinc gluconate. One by one we have analyzed both Zinc cation and Zinc gluconate for its impact on breastfeeding and based on our analysis we can conclude that Zicam Cold Remedy Oral Mist | Zinc Acetate And Zinc Gluconate Spray is safe to use in breastfeeding. We recommend you to check our analysis of Zinc cation and Zinc gluconate as below.

Note: Due to high dilution of active ingredients in homeopathic medicines most homeopathic medicines are safe while breastfeeding.


Zicam Cold Remedy Oral Mist | Zinc Acetate And Zinc Gluconate Spray Breastfeeding Analsys


Zinc cation while Breastfeeding

Safe

CAS Number: 557-34-6

Zinc (Zn) is an essential element for nutrition. It is present in many foods.Recommended daily allowance of Zn is 8 to 15 mg. (Moran Hall 2010). Millions of people worldwide are Zn-deficient.It is used as a treatment for Wilson's disease and Acrodermatitis Enteropathica. Zn is involved in the regulation process of lactation (Lee 2016).Pasteurization of the milk does not affect the concentration of Zn and other trace elements (Mohd Taufek-2016). The average concentration of Zn in breastmilk is 4 to 16 mg / L (Picciano 1976, Hannan 2005, Dórea 2012) which is independent of plasma levels and maternal daily intake (Krebs 1995, Chierici 1999, Hannan 2009).Intestinal absorption of zinc is almost doubled during pregnancy and lactation (Fung 1997).Zinc levels in the infant are dependent on Zinc levels in the breast milk (Dumrongwongsiri 2015)With a varied and balanced diet, an extra intake of minerals is not needed. Excessive intake of Zinc may cause gastrointestinal problems and Pancytopenia (Irving 2003).

Zinc gluconate while Breastfeeding

Safe

CAS Number: 4468-02-4

Zinc (Zn) is an essential element for nutrition. It is present in many foods.Recommended daily allowance of Zn is 8 to 15 mg. (Moran Hall 2010). Millions of people worldwide are Zn-deficient.It is used as a treatment for Wilson's disease and Acrodermatitis Enteropathica. Zn is involved in the regulation process of lactation (Lee 2016).Pasteurization of the milk does not affect the concentration of Zn and other trace elements (Mohd Taufek-2016). The average concentration of Zn in breastmilk is 4 to 16 mg / L (Picciano 1976, Hannan 2005, Dórea 2012) which is independent of plasma levels and maternal daily intake (Krebs 1995, Chierici 1999, Hannan 2009).Intestinal absorption of zinc is almost doubled during pregnancy and lactation (Fung 1997).Zinc levels in the infant are dependent on Zinc levels in the breast milk (Dumrongwongsiri 2015)With a varied and balanced diet, an extra intake of minerals is not needed. Excessive intake of Zinc may cause gastrointestinal problems and Pancytopenia (Irving 2003).


What if I already have used Zicam Cold Remedy Oral Mist | Zinc Acetate And Zinc Gluconate Spray?

Homeopathic medicines usually do not cause harmful effects on breastfed babies. Zicam Cold Remedy Oral Mist | Zinc Acetate And Zinc Gluconate Spray is a homeopathic medicine and if your baby does not have any abnormal symptoms then there is nothing to worry about. Some homeopathic medicines contain alcohol (ethanol) and such homeopathic medicines in high dosage can have bad effect on development of baby.


My doctor has prescribed me Zicam Cold Remedy Oral Mist | Zinc Acetate And Zinc Gluconate Spray, what should I do?

Homeopathic medicines are usually safe in breastfeeding and if Zicam Cold Remedy Oral Mist | Zinc Acetate And Zinc Gluconate Spray has been recommended by doctor then there should be no doubt about its usage in breastfeeding.


If I am using Zicam Cold Remedy Oral Mist | Zinc Acetate And Zinc Gluconate Spray, will my baby need extra monitoring?

Not really.


Who can I talk to if I have questions about usage of Zicam Cold Remedy Oral Mist | Zinc Acetate And Zinc Gluconate Spray in breastfeeding?

US
National Womens Health and Breastfeeding Helpline: 800-994-9662 (TDD 888-220-5446) 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday

UK
National Breastfeeding Helpline: 0300-100-0212 9.30am to 9.30pm, daily
Association of Breastfeeding Mothers: 0300-330-5453
La Leche League: 0345-120-2918
The Breastfeeding Network supporter line in Bengali and Sylheti: 0300-456-2421
National Childbirth Trust (NCT): 0300-330-0700

Australia
National Breastfeeding Helpline: 1800-686-268 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

Canada
Telehealth Ontario for breastfeeding: 1-866-797-0000 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

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