A comparison of efficacy of domperidone and placebo among postnatal women with inadequate breast milk production

Aim: to compare the efficacy of domperidone and placebo among postnatal women with inadequate breast milk production. study design: it was a randomized clinical trial. duration of study: from march 2012 to september 2012. material and method: women delivered at term with inadequate milk production from the department of obstetrics & gynaecology,jinnah hospital,lahore. result: we recorded most of the patients in both groups between 20-25 years i.e.,24(48%) in treatment group and 21(42%) in control group,mean and sd was calculated as 25.76±2.21 in treatment group and 26.59±2.88 years in control group. comparison of efficacy of domperidone and placebo among postnatal women with inadequate breast milk production was done which reveals 36(72%) in treatment group and 11(22%) in control group,chi square test was applied which shows 0.002 as p value which shows significant milk production in treatment group. conclusion: domperidone is found to be significantly higher effective than the placebo among postnatal women with inadequate breast milk production.