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Can Enalapril Be Taken For Blood Pressure While Breast Feeding My Baby?
Question: hello dr. it' s 10 days since i gave birth and since i was at the hospital evth waa ok. once i got home i had some hypertension problems for one day it was 15:10. i madd all the analysis and evth seemed to be ok. after i went to the cardiolog and he said the heart was ok but prescrived me enalapril 10 mg. for ywo days i did not take this medicine because i am affraid it can harm my baby since i am breastfeeding. for 2 days i have monotored the presion and the maximum was 13,5: 8. do you think i should take the medicine or wait? thank you
Brief Answer:
I would recommend as follows:
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Welcome and thank you for asking on this platform!
I understand your concern and would agree with you on the fact that enalapril is not necessary with such blood pressure values.
Besides, it is true that it can go through the milk during breastfeeding and lead to low blood pressure values to your baby.
For this reason, I would recommend you to closely monitor your blood pressure values in the next days.
This is a transitory raise in blood pressure and your blood pressure values are going to normalize again after some weeks, especially after loosing some pounds.
In the meantime, I recommend reducing salt intake and straining physical activity.
Hope to have been helpful to you!
Kind regards,
Dr. Iliri
I would recommend as follows:
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Welcome and thank you for asking on this platform!
I understand your concern and would agree with you on the fact that enalapril is not necessary with such blood pressure values.
Besides, it is true that it can go through the milk during breastfeeding and lead to low blood pressure values to your baby.
For this reason, I would recommend you to closely monitor your blood pressure values in the next days.
This is a transitory raise in blood pressure and your blood pressure values are going to normalize again after some weeks, especially after loosing some pounds.
In the meantime, I recommend reducing salt intake and straining physical activity.
Hope to have been helpful to you!
Kind regards,
Dr. Iliri
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