For a mother adopting a baby, and who is not producing sufficient milk
supply, what is the medical name of the hormone she can take for
lactation?

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Having said that, I believe that the drug that you are thinking of is
called *Domperidone*. Domperidone increases the production of the
hormone prolactin in a woman's body, which stimulates breast cells to
produce milk.

An excellent set of pages on adoptive breastfeeding can be found at:

Adoptive Breastfeeding
URL: http://adoption.about.com/library/weekly/aa072400a.htm

More detailed information on Domperidone can be found at: 

Factsheet: Domperidone 
URL: http://adoption.about.com/library/bl072400c.htm

Domperidone
URL: http://www.bflrc.com/newman/breastfeeding/domperid.htm


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