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  • Title: Disposition of meperidine and normeperidine following multiple doses during labor. I. Mother.
    Author: Kuhnert BR, Philipson EH, Kuhnert PM, Syracuse CD.
    Journal: Am J Obstet Gynecol; 1985 Feb 01; 151(3):406-9. PubMed ID: 3970109.
    Abstract:
    Normeperidine, the active meperidine metabolite, has been implicated in adverse neonatal effects that may occur following administration of meperidine to parturients. However, recent studies have suggested that normeperidine levels are not high enough to have adverse effects following single low doses of meperidine. It is not clear what occurs following multiple injections. Therefore the purpose of this study was to quantitate plasma levels of meperidine and normeperidine in the mother following multiple doses of meperidine over long time periods and to determine the half-life of normeperidine. Twelve mothers who received multiple intravenous doses of meperidine were studied. The results show that both meperidine and normeperidine accumulate in maternal plasma following multiple injections and that the half-life of normeperidine averages 20.6 hours. The data suggest that maximum exposure of the fetus to both meperidine and normeperidine would result from multiple doses to the mother because of a continued diffusion gradient from mother to fetus.
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