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Inhibition of Postpartum Lactation With Single‐Dose Drugs
Author(s) -
Ng K. H.,
Lee K. H.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.734
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1479-828X
pISSN - 0004-8666
DOI - 10.1111/j.1479-828x.1972.tb00731.x
Subject(s) - lactation , medicine , intramuscular injection , single use , breast feeding , oral dose , pregnancy , pharmacology , physiology , oral administration , biology , pediatrics , genetics , process engineering , engineering
Summary: A trial was undertaken with 2 single‐dose drugs for the inhibition of postpartum lactation. Two hundred patients were studied, of whom one half were given a single oral tablet of quinestrol (Estrovis) 4 mg. and the other half were given a single intramuscular injection of Ablacton. The results showed that both preparations were equally effective in the initial inhibition of lactation and were rarely associated with rebound breast engorgement or withdrawal bleeding.