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.
Almost without exception, as the level of the medication in the mother's plasma begins its rise, the concentration in milk begins its rise as well. Drugs both enter milk, and in most cases, exit milk as a function of the mother's plasma level.
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.