Comparison of Efficacy of Domperidone and Placebo among Postnatal Women with Inadequate Breastmilk Production

Comparison of Efficacy of Domperidone and Placebo among Postnatal Women with Inadequate Breastmilk Production

Authors

  • Nadia khan
  • Sumayya a:1:{s:5:"en_US";s:3:"NMC";}
  • Khalid Usman
  • Saima Akbar
  • Javeria Saleem
  • Mehwish Syed

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.70520/kjms.v14i3.263

Keywords:

Inadequate breast milk production, postnatal women, efficacy, domperidone

Abstract

Objectives: To compare the efficacy of domperidone and placebo among postnatal women with insufficient production of breast milks.

Methods: This Randomized controlled trial was conducted at Khyber Teaching Hospital Peshawar, from January 2011 to July 2011 and comprised of women with inadequate breast milk production till 6th postnatal day who have delivered term babies. All participants were divided in two groups. One group was given Domperidone and another placebo. All were followed on 7th day for the efficacy of breast milk production.

Results: off the total 174 participants, 72.41% (n=63) in Domperidone group and 21.84% (n=19) in placebo group shows a significant breast milk production.

Conclusion: Comparison of the study reveals that domperidone is significantly higher effective than the placebo among postnatal women who present with inadequate production of breast milk.

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Published

2022-01-05

How to Cite

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khan N, Sumayya, Usman K, Akbar S, Saleem J, Syed M. Comparison of Efficacy of Domperidone and Placebo among Postnatal Women with Inadequate Breastmilk Production. Khyber Journal of Medical Sciences. 2022;14(3):148-52. https://doi.org/10.70520/kjms.v14i3.263

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): July-September

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Original Article

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