Milk Thistle and Improved Breast Milk Production

• The use of galactogogues in the breastfeeding mother.

  • 2012-09-25
  • Review
  • The Annals of pharmacotherapy 46(10)
  • • Alicia B Forinash
    • Abigail M Yancey
    • Kylie N Barnes
    • Thomas D Myles

  • PubMed: 23012383
  • DOI: 10.1345/aph.1r167

  1 Insight on

  • Improved Breast Milk Production

  • Low evidence

  Metoclopramide, oxytocin, fenugreek, and milk thistle have shown mixed results in improving milk production; however, the trials were small and had a variety of limitations.

  Effect

  Neutral

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  No