Health/meds update.

Thanks to everyone who weighed in yesterday with credible evidence about the safety of albuterol for a nursing mother. I spoke to the NP who prescribed it yesterday evening, after doing a fair amount of my own research, and she reiterated that she believes albuterol to be a safe drug, regularly prescribed to pregnant women and babies when needed.

So this morning I filled the prescription at my usual pharmacy, rather than the hospital pharmacy I went to yesterday. They gave me the other brand of albuterol inhaler - Ventolin rather than Proventil. This time the sticker on the box read:

Breastfeeding while taking this drug may result in drowsiness, jitteriness, or decreased feeding in young infants.

Do you know what we call that? A useful and informative drug warning, more oriented towards educating the consumer than protecting the drug company and/or pharmacy from lawsuits.

Thank you, CVS, or thank you, GlaxoSmithKline. Whichever one is responsible.