While some specialists encourage the off-label use of domperidone to stimulate breast milk production, some studies have suggested it may be related to negative side effects, including irregular ...

A key hormone involved in controlling breast milk production is prolactin. Domperidone works to raise levels of prolactin, which helps increase the production of breast milk. Domperidone is ...

Reason for posting: Domperidone has been widely used as a motility and antiemetic agent.1 In oral form it is also used off label to improve lactation in breast-feeding women. Intravenous domperidone ...

2:14 Health Canada reviews safety of breastfeeding drug domperidone Domperidone blocks some of the body’s dopamine receptors, called D2 receptors. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter, but it’s not ...

A woman nurses her son Wednesday, January 19, 2011 in Montreal. This week, Health Canada publicly confirmed that it is reviewing the safety of domperidone, a drug used to treat gastrointestinal ...

The FDA recently posted: “Efforts made in the interim to identify an alternative source [of domperidone] have been unsuccessful. The current supply will be exhausted as early as the first or ...