Medication to reduce oversupply of milk

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Asked for Female, 27 Years

I have a 2 months old baby. From the past 10 days I am having oversupply of breast milk. The milk is leaking and getting sprayed itself. My baby is also having loose stools frequently. I tried pumping out ..but supply is not reducing. Is there any medicine that reduces the production of breast milk.

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Dr. Triveni Arun Akkiraju

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Hi There is no medication to reduce the milk production, you do manual expression and do breast massage . Do not use breast pump

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Dr. Nidhi Sharma Gynecologist/Obstetrician 23 yrs exp Chennai · Accepted Answer

Dr. Nidhi Sharma

Gynecologist/Obstetrician 23 yrs exp Chennai

Don’t worry dear . Just continue feeding your baby . Soon baby will start sucking more and your breast feeding your baby will require even more milk

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Take Plenty of water and fruits juice