Dopamine Pregnancy and Breast Feeding Warnings

Dopamine is also known as: Intropin

Overview

If you become pregnant while taking Dopamine , discuss with your doctor the benefits and risks of using Dopamine during pregnancy. It is unknown if Dopamine is excreted in breast milk. If you are or will be breast-feeding while you are using Dopamine , check with your doctor or pharmacist to discuss the risks to your baby.

Dopamine Pregnancy Warnings

Dopamine has been assigned to pregnancy category C by the FDA. Animal studies have shown a decrease in survival rate of newborn rats and potential for cataract formation for the survivors. There are no controlled data in human pregnancy. Dopamine should only be given during pregnancy when there are no alternatives and benefit outweighs risk.

Based on data from animal studies, increased uterine resistance is expected in humans. Low dose dopamine (1 to 5 mcg per kg per minute), however, has been used safely to increase urine output in six oliguric women with preeclampsia without significantly altering maternal central venous or pulmonary capillary wedge blood pressures or causing fetal harm. It has also been safely used to treat hypotension in pregnant women during Cesarean section without causing adverse effects in the fetuses, newborns, or mothers.

Dopamine Lactation Warnings

There are no data on the excretion of dopamine into human milk. The manufacturer recommends that caution be used when administering dopamine to nursing women.

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