Is it safe to use opioids for obstetric pain while breastfeeding?

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 4-6

  Van Den Anker, John N ^a,b,c  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODEINE; CYTOCHROME P450 2D6; IBUPROFEN; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; OPIATE; OXYCODONE; OXYMORPHONE; PARACETAMOL;

ANALGESIA; BINDING AFFINITY; BREAST FEEDING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TRANSFORMATION; HUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PHARMACOGENETICS; POSTPARTUM PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; TIME TO MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION;

EID: 82955233354     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2011.08.066     Document Type: Editorial

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