Most of the medications that can help milk supply work by indirectly
increasing prolactin levels in the body (a hormone important in producing breast milk) for example, domperidone, metoclopramide, and sulpiride.
Optimize your physical status by going to bed earlier, increasing rest times on off days, getting moderate exercise (
increases Prolactin levels which in turn increase milk supply), and consume adequate fluids (many busy moms do not take the time to drink enough, so make it a point to have something nearby that you can sip throughout your work / school day).
Even if the pump is labeled as a double pump, most cycle too slowly to drain the breast effectively or provide the proper stimulation to
increase your prolactin levels enough to maintain a milk supply.
MEDICATION: Smith said many adoptive moms use hormone medications to
increase prolactin levels, including the anti-nausea drug Reglan and the stomach - paralysis drug Domperidone.
Certain medications or herbs that act as galactogogues are added to
increase prolactin levels.
This increased prolactin level works to suppress your monthly period.
There are a few different ways you can use your breast pump to
increase prolactin levels.
We recommend double - pumping as
that increases prolactin levels even more!
I was prescribed domperidone to
increase my prolactin levels.
Prolactin, a hormone created by the pituitary gland, makes breast milk, and if you stimulate the breast enough to
increase prolactin levels, you will get milk.
A pituitary tumor could also induce milk production: «It would be the same reason —
increased prolactin levels & mdashin the one case drug - induced, in the other due to a tumor or some other sort of neurological problem.»
For women who have a diagnosed insufficiency, the prescription drug metoclopramide can
increase prolactin levels, resulting in up to 1.5 ounces more milk per feeding, but it should only be used short term, no more than three weeks.
Double pumping has been shown to
increase Prolactin levels.