Effect of Shirafza drop (Lacta-drop)intake by nursing mothers on weight gain of their exclusively breast infants.

Background and The unique of exclusively breast feeding for 4-6 months infants is diagnosed. Not enough milk is the most important complaint which lead discontinuation of breast feeding and starting complementary foods and milks in early stages of infancy. This study was conducted to determine the effects of shirafza drop (Lacto drop) by nursing mothers on weight gain of their under 6 month exclusively breast fed infants. In this double – blind clinical trial 162 healthy mothers with complaint of not enough milk, That their infants growth was lower than normal were randomly allocated into two groups. One group received 30 drop of shirafza drop three time in a day and control group received placebo. The mother and infants were visited weakly for 4 week. Data was gathered by weighing infants in each visit and collecting information through reviewing the mothers, and was analyzed using chi-square and t-test analysis of variance and covariance. There was no significant difference in mean of weight gain in two groups. The mean of weight gain was significantly higher in 0-3 month infants whose mothers received.Shirafza, that was 866240 vs 558265 in control group. The mothers in two groups mentioned a sense of increasing breast milk. Shirafza drop had significant effect in weight gain of 0-3 month infants and had no effects after that. It improved the sense of having breast milk in mothers of two groups, which is a placebo effect. More investigations is suggested.