Evaluating strength of recommendations for commonly administered medications in lactating women

Figures & data

Figure 1. (a) Percent of LactMed medications classified into absent, minimum/moderate, or strong categories based on strength of available data. (b) Classification of data that comprises each of the main four LactMed sub-groups into absent, minimum/moderate, or strong categories.

Table 1. ATC chemical classification system of LactMed medications.

WHO Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System	Number of Medications (%)
Anti-infectives for systematic use	232 (16.5)
Nervous system	228 (16.2)
Various	115 (8.2)
Antineoplastic and immunomodulating agents	157 (11.2)
Cardiovascular system	115 (8.2)
Alimentary tract and metabolism	110 (7.8)
Respiratory system	63 (4.5)
Dermatologicals	55 (3.9)
Blood and blood forming organs	31 (2.2)
Sensory organs	36 (2.6)
Genito urinary system and sex hormones	25 (1.8)
Musculo-skeletal system	44 (3.1)
Antiparasitic products, insecticides and repellants	21 (1.5)
Systemic hormonal preparations, excluding sex hormones and insulin	26 (1.8)
Not specified	150 (10.7)

Figure 2. (a) Percent of the most common medications classified into absent, minimum/moderate, or strong categories based on strength of available data. (b) Classification of data that comprises each of the main four LactMed sub-groups into absent, minimum/moderate, or strong categories amongst most commonly used medications.

Figure 3. Heatmap of the most commonly used medications.