Chymotrypsin (Chymoral Forte) Adverse Drug Event: Diarrhoea in Exclusively Breastfed Neonates

Abstract

A healthy full term newborn delivered by Caesarean Section was seen at two weeks of age with complaints of diarrhoea. He was on exclusive breastfeeding since birth. Mother was receiving enzymes Chymoral and Serratiopeptidase since caesarean ostensibly to ‘speed up ‘wound healing’ and to ‘reduce stitch edema’. The mother was advised to stop the enzymes, drink more water and breast feed more often to increase the breast milk output. Second case was similar. Such drugs should not be prescribed or prescribed only for three to five days, and, not for such a long time.