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Table 3 Use of anti-diabetic medications in women with diabetes during lactation.

From: Dysglycemias in pregnancy: from diagnosis to treatment. Brazilian consensus statement

Drug

Milk transfer

Permission to use during lactation

Reference

Glibenclamide

No

Yes

[42]

Glicazide

Unknown

No

Not published

Glipizide

No

Yes

[42]

Glimepiride

Unknown

No

Not published

Metformin

Less than1%

Yes

[3941]

Acarbose

Less than 2%

No

http://www.fda.gov

Rosi and pioglitazone

Rosi detected in milk from lactating rats.

Pio not published

No

http://www.fda.gov

Sita and vildagliptine

Sitagliptin is secreted in the milk of lactating rats at a milk to plasma ratio of 4:1. It is not known whether sitagliptin is excreted in human milk. Vilda not published

No

http://www.fda.gov

Exenatide

Unknown

No

Not published