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A Young Mother Who Is Breast-Feeding Now Requires Treatment with Heparin

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A young mother who is breast-feeding now requires treatment with heparin. The patient asks you if she should continue breast-feeding during her treatment. What is your best response?


A) "You will need to stop breast-feeding during treatment with heparin."
B) "Heparin is not found in breastmilk, so you may continue breast-feeding."
C) "The half-life of heparin is short, so breastfeed before your daily heparin injection."
D) "Pump your breasts to keep breastmilk flowing so you can resume breast-feeding later."

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