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

Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien - 1 Jan 2007

Madadi Parvaz, Koren Gideon, Cairns James, Chitayat David, Gaedigk Andrea, Leeder J Steven, Teitelbaum Ronni, Karaskov Tatyana, Aleksa Katarina

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QUESTION: Recently a newborn died from morphine poisoning when his mother used codeine while breastfeeding. Many patients receive codeine for postlabour pain. Is it safe to prescribe codeine for nursing mothers? ANSWER: When a mother is an ultrarapid metabolizer of cytochrome P450 2D6, she produc...

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PMID: 17872605
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