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Is it safe to breastfeed while I'm on Flovent Diskus?

Stacy Wiegman, PharmD
Stacy Wiegman, PharmD
Pharmacy
It is not known whether the medicine in Flovent Diskus is found in human milk. However, other medicines in the same class have been found in human milk. Since there are no results from controlled clinical trials, talk to your doctor about whether to discontinue nursing or to stop taking Flovent Diskus, taking into account the importance of the medicine to the mother.

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