Domperidone - advice, info please

Hi Ladies,
Can anyone share experience with domperidone? Dosage, side effects, safety and results?
My Dr has given me the script to use if I want it, he doesn't know the dose and treatment to get my prolactin up, I have seen a treatment plan online but wondering what other people have had results with.

My DD is 10wks old, we have tried all the herbs, teas, homeopathics, an LC etc etc she doesn't latch as well as she could so I normally feed her as long as I can then express milk for her. She is very lazy on the boob (because I have never had enough milk and she got bottles from very early on)

I'm basically thinking about taking it as a last resort to increase supply.
Any advice on it appreciated!

Hi skp, my midwife put me on Domperidone to increase my milk.   I started off on one tablet (10mg) four times a day (on an empty stomach) but increased it to two tablets every four hours as my supply hadn't increased as well as it should have. The only side effect I think I had were slight headaches, but I also had 3 epi's (2 failed) and the headaches could have been a side effect of that....

Have you also tried tigers milk? I found it also helped in addition to the lactation tea I was also drinking.

Goodluck, hope all goes well for you.

I had a terrible time for my second child and because of this was on a huge amount of drugs and domperidone was one of them. It worked for me and 8 months later still feeding!!!! DD has always from day one had formula as well and happily switches from one to other no problem. Good luck hope it all works out for you

I've been taking it for months now, started on 90mg a day, now down to 70mg and will continue to wean myself off. It was the only thing that helped as my supply was shocking. It's still not ideal, in that H is about 50-50 BF and FF but it's better than nothing. Dr Jack Newman's website has a heap of really useful info : www.drjacknewman.com .

Kind of off topic, I was prescribed this drug to try and curb my morning sickness. It was suggested by the woman at MMH, yet the locum I saw seemed sceptical about prescibing it, then again she seemed sceptical about prescibing anything for the MS.

MM - it's actually an anti-nausea drug, its just that one of the side effects is an increase in prolactin - hence why it is used for milk supply.

skp that is expensive - I paid $18.70 for 180 tablets, which is 30 days worth. That was on prescription from the paeds at the hospital.

my normal GP wrote the script, my DD is 10 wks old so I haven't seen my midwife for ages.