Open AccessThe presence of morphine as heroin metabolites in placental tissue and fetus: Case report
Author(s) -
Slobodan Nikolić,
Jelena Micić-Labudović,
Vera Lukić,
Vladimir Živković
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.135
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 2406-0895
pISSN - 0370-8179
DOI - 10.2298/sarh1410610n
Subject(s) - medicine , fetus , placenta , morphine , heroin , pregnancy , obstetrics , anesthesia , pharmacology , drug , genetics , biology
Females who have developed addiction to heroin also abuse it during pregnancy. Heroin can be detected in the fetal blood-flow already an hour after maternal i.v. injection. Heroin metabolites enter the fetal blood-flow through the placental barrier by passive transport.