Hedges against a white fence. noun. The definition of a hedge is a boundary or fence formed by closely planted bushes or trees. An example of hedge is a line of bushes planted close together creating a border. Hedge is defined as something you do to minimize loss.
Drugs do not enter the breast milk directly from the motherâs blood. It enters the milk indirectly through the mothersâ breast tissue. During the first two weeks postpartum, medications may reach their highest concentration in the milk.
T max. The amount of a drug in the breast milk and in the plasma usually reaches a proportional equilibrium (see milk-to-plasma ratio below.) When a higher drug concentration is present in plasma, the drug concentration in breast milk is generally higher as well.