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Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.119.2.178-a

The amount of chlorpromazine was measured in the breast milk of a lactating psychotic woman after 1200 mg. Cpz. was given in a single oral dose. The microgram amounts found were probably insignificant physiologically. Our study suggests that babies of mothers receiving large doses of chlorpromazine can be safely breast-fed.

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