Women use domperidone because they deeply care about breastfeeding their babies

Audit of phone calls to an Australian pregnancy and lactation counselling service regarding use of galactoagogues highlighted that domperidone accounted for > 90% of the calls, but there is an increasing popularity of herbal galactagogues, which no inquiries in 2001 and 23% of call in 2014. 4

I agree with Zizo et al, who write:

"If women are allowed to have unrealistic expectations about domperidone use, this has possible negative impacts on maternal agency, confidence, anxiety and self-efficacy, with negative psychological sequelae”14

What does the research say about the effects of domperidone on milk production?

A 2021 systematic review of 16 randomised controlled trials concludes that…