For patients suffering from multiple sclerosis (MS), becoming a mother is fraught with difficult questions: is it acceptable to continue disease modifying treatment during pregnancy and breastfeeding to keep the disease at bay, or does this put the child at risk? A study conducted by the neurology department of Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) at St. Josef Hospital on the drug glatiramer acetate can relieve mothers of this concern during the breastfeeding period. A comparative study between children whose mothers had taken the drug while breastfeeding and those who hadn’t revealed no significant differences in several infant health outcomes during the first 18 months of life. Consequently, the drug’s label, which is marketed under the name Copaxone, has been updated. The researchers published their findings in the Multiple Sclerosis Journal from 1 April 2022.
Multiple sclerosis drug glatiramer acetate is compatible with breastfeeding
For patients suffering from multiple sclerosis (MS), becoming a mother is fraught with difficult questions: is it acceptable to continue disease modifying treatment during pregnancy and breastfeeding to keep the disease at bay, or does this put the child at risk? A study conducted by the neurology department of Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) at St. Josef Hospital on the drug glatiramer acetate can relieve mothers of this concern during the breastfeeding period. A comparative study between children whose mothers had taken the drug while breastfeeding and those who hadn't revealed no significant differences in several infant health outcomes during the first 18 months of life. Consequently, the drug's label, which is marketed under the name Copaxone, has been updated. The researchers published their findings in the Multiple Sclerosis Journal from 1 April 2022.