The galactogogue bandwagon

摘要

A recent survey of midwives in Switzerland and Canada found that almost all used galactogogues in their practice. Although Swiss midwives used predominantly oxytocin nasal spray, herbals, and homeopathic remedies, almost all the Canadian midwives used domperidone as well as herbals. Most respondents reported that they did not follow any official guideline or protocol. This issue of the Journal of Human Lactation (JHL) contains reports of 2 studies related to domperidone (originally published online by JHL in 2012). In 1 of these studies, researchers at an Australian hospital report that they did develop a standardized guideline for domperidone use as a galactogogue and found a large increase in use in the years after the introduction of the protocol.