Advice for mothers using Acamprosate (Campral) while breastfeeding. Includes possible effects on breastfed infants and lactation.
Alcohol misuse accounts for a sizeable proportion of the global burden of disease, and Campral® (acamprosate; calcium-bis-(N-acetylhomotaurinate)) is widely used as relapse prevention therapy. The mechanism underlying its effect has in some studies been attributed to the calcium moiety and not...
Acamprosate (Campral), a taurine analog approved for treatment of alcohol dependence, is known to increase the time to relapse owing to its ability to reduce glutamatergic imbalances in the brain.7, 8, 9, 10 A meta-analysis of 17 studies with 4087 individuals demonstrated that continuous abstin...