Neonatal abstinence syndrome following maternal poppy seed tea
[ABSTRACT]
The incidence of neonatal abstinence syndrome has been rising in the USA. Non-pharmacological treatments resulting in similar withdrawal states in the newborn have also been described. We report an infant with neonatal abstinence syndrome born to a mother with daily poppy seed tea ingestion for the self-treatment of nausea. A sample of poppy seed tea was replicated using the mother’s self-reported recipe. The sample was analyzed using liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry. This recipe produced a result of approximately 7.8 mg of morphine per serving which she reported to have drank 5–6 days per week, for an estimated 7 months during the course of her pregnancy.
SOURCE: Neonatology
