CUDDLE Study – Mothers of Infants
STUDY BASICS
Breastfeeding and taking an anti-anxiety (venlafaxine) or antidepressant (citalopram/trazodone) medication, or a diuretic (furosemide), muscle relaxant (cyclobenzaprine), stimulant (methylphenidate), or migraine, seizure, or nerve pain medication (gabapentin/topiramate/sumatriptan)? You may be able to take part in a research study to learn how much drug passes through breastmilk.
IRB: 20181205A
- Pharmacokinetics and Safety of Commonly Used Drugs in Lactating Women and Breastfed InfantsMEET THE RESEARCHER

Anne-Marie Rick
Anne-Marie Rick, MD MPH PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Clinical and Translational Science in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of General Academic Pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.
Dr. Rick focuses her clinical time in newborn care, while her clinical-translational research laboratory investigates infectious diseases related to maternal-infant health including studying how maternal vaccines in pregnancy and lactation protect infants against viral infections during the first months of life.