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Pregnancy Breastfeeding And Fertility While Taking Dapagliflozin

NHS medicines information on dapagliflozin and whether you can take it while pregnant or breastfeeding.

Pregnancy and dapagliflozin

Dapagliflozin is not recommended as there is little information about its use in pregnancy. Other medicines used to treat diabetes, such as insulin and metformin, are safe to take in pregnancy.

Talk to your doctor or pharmacist before taking dapagliflozin. They will need to review your treatment and may be able to suggest an alternative medicine for you.

Dapagliflozin and breastfeeding

Dapagliflozin is not usually recommended while you're breastfeeding because we do not know how much of it passes into breast milk, but it is likely to be a small amount.

It is possible that dapagliflozin could lower your baby's sugar level and could affect the way their kidneys develop and grow.

Speak to your doctor about what's best for you and your baby. They will need to review your treatment and may be able to suggest an alternative medicine for you, particularly while you're breastfeeding a newborn or premature baby.

If your doctor says it's OK to continue breastfeeding while taking dapagliflozin, talk to your health visitor, midwife, doctor or pharmacist as soon as possible if your baby:

is not feeding as well as usual
is more sleepy or drowsy
is more restless or irritable
seems hungrier or more thirsty
is peeing more
is causing you any other concerns

Dapagliflozin and fertility

There's no evidence that dapagliflozin affects fertility in men or women.

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