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The excretion of amphetamine in human breast milk was studied in a nursing mother with narcolepsy, who was treated with 20 mg daily of a racemic preparation of amphetamine. The concentration of amphetamine was 3 and 7 times higher in breast milk than in maternal plasma on the 10th and 42nd days after delivery. Small amounts of amphetamine were found in urine samples from the infant.
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Steiner, E., Villén, T., Hallberg, M. et al. Amphetamine secretion in breast milk. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 27, 123–124 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02395219
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