Safety of codeine during breastfeeding: Fatal morphine poisoning in the breastfed neonate of a mother prescribed codeine

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 33-35

  Madadi, Parvaz ^b   Koren, Gideon ^a   Cairns, James ^c   Chitayat, David ^d   Gaedigk, Andrea ^e   Leeder, J Steven ^e   Teitelbaum, Ronni ^d   Karaskov, Tatyana ^a   Aleksa, Katarina ^a  

^a Motherisk Program   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c Coroner's Office ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODEINE; CYTOCHROME P450 2D6; MORPHINE; PARACETAMOL;

ANAMNESIS; AUTOPSY; BREAST FEEDING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSTIPATION; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG MILK LEVEL; DRUG SAFETY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; REVIEW; SOMNOLENCE;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; BREAST FEEDING; CODEINE; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP2D6; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MILK, HUMAN; MORPHINE; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 33846465345     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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