A drug that enters the breast milk in concentrations equal to those in maternal serum is:

A) lobelia
B) methadone
C) lithium
D) alcohol


C) lithium
Lithium enters breast milk in concentrations equal to those in maternal serum, and the baby may be exposed to relatively large amounts of this drug as a result.

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