The quality of lactation studies including antipsychotics

Hummels, Hazel; Bertholee, Daphne; Meer, Devaraj van der; Smit, Jan Pieter; Wilffert, Bob; Horst, Peter G. J. ter

doi:10.1007/s00228-016-2121-2

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“…29,59,60 Because postpartum mothers may also be breastfeeding mothers, several authors have systematically reviewed the topic of safety of antipsychotic use during lactation, [61][62][63][64] but criticism has been leveled at some aspects of the reviewed studies. 65 The issues are the short-and long-term effects of antipsychotics in breastfeeding mothers on children's physical, cognitive, and psychosocial health, and also the antipsychotic side effects on mothers' abilities to care for their neonates.…”

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The association between hormones and antipsychotic use: a focus on postpartum and menopausal women

González-Rodríguez

Seeman

2019

Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology

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During the postpartum and menopausal periods of women’s lives, there is a well-established and significant drop of circulating estrogens. This may be the reason why both these periods are associated with an increased risk for onset or exacerbation of psychiatric disorders. Whether symptoms are mainly affective or mainly psychotic, these disorders are frequently treated with antipsychotic medications, which calls for an examination of the relationship between hormone replacement and antipsychotic agents at these time periods. The aim of this narrative review is to summarize what is known about the association of hormones and antipsychotics in the postnatal period and at menopause. In the review, we focus on estrogen and oxytocin hormones and include, for the most part, only papers published within the last 10 years. Both estradiol and oxytocin have at various times been implicated in the etiology of postpartum disorders, and estrogens, sometimes combined with progesterone, have been tested as potential treatments for these conditions. The role of estradiol as an adjunct to antipsychotics in the prevention of postpartum relapses is currently controversial. With respect to oxytocin, studies are lacking. Psychosis in menopausal and postmenopausal women has been successfully treated with estrogens and selective estrogen-receptor modulators, mainly raloxifene, in addition to antipsychotics. Some symptoms appear to respond better than others. No oxytocin study has specifically targeted postmenopausal women. Because of feedback mechanisms, there is a theoretical danger of therapy with exogenous hormones interfering with endogenous secretion and disturbing the balance among inter-related hormones. When used with antipsychotics, hormones may also affect the metabolism and, hence, the brain level of specific antipsychotics. This makes treatment with antipsychotics plus hormones complicated. Dose, timing and route of intervention may all prove critical to efficacy. While much remains unknown, this literature review indicates that, within standard dose ranges, the combination of hormones and antipsychotics for postnatal and menopausal women suffering severe mental distress can be beneficial, and is safe.

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