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During pregnancy and breastfeeding,women take between 1 and 11 drugs without knowing for sure whether these are safe for the infant (Lacroix I,Lancet 2000).Most drugs have physico-chemical characteristics allowing their transfer from the mothers plasma into breast milk.The infant comes into contact with an amount of medication which can be estimated.Exclusive matemal breastfeeding has been recommended for the newborn and the infant by WHO since 2003 and its practice has been on the increase.We have evidence that breastfeeding benefits are all the more important as the infant was born before term.There seems to be a contradiction then between the possibility of breastfeeding and the fact of taking medication without causing serious adverse effects in the infant.Nearly all health care professionals agree to propose breastfeeding after a detailed analysis of the benefit/risk balance concerning the medication taken by the mother.