1 Cyanotic crises occurred in a breast-fed infant whose mother was under treatment with dipyrone for a sore throat. No abnormalities were found at physical and routine laboratory examinations.
2 Dipyrone concentrations in mother's serum and milk and in infant's serum and urine were 3.3, 4.3 and 3.2, 3.74 μg/ml respectively.
3 It is concluded that the adverse effect could be due to dipyrone ingested with mother's milk.
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