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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) adverse event and reporting program has issued a warning that medications containing codeine given to breast-feeding mothers who rapidly metabolize codeine into morphine may cause adverse effects in their infants.<\/p>\n

Codeine is generally considered safe for use in nursing mothers; however, last year, a healthy 13-day- old breast-fed infant died from very high levels of morphine received through breast milk. The mother was taking codeine at a dose lower than that usually prescribed for post delivery pain. However, testing revealed that the mother was an ultrarapid metabolizer of codeine.<\/p>\n

According to the FDA, depending on ethnicity, approximately anywhere from 1 to 28 per 100 individuals rapidly metabolize codeine. Unfortunately, genetic testing is the only way to determine whether someone is a rapid metabolizer.<\/p>\n

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) adverse event and reporting program has issued a warning that medications containing codeine given to breast-feeding mothers who rapidly metabolize codeine into morphine may cause adverse effects in their infants. 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