In breast milk found analgesic

Specialists of the University of San Diego (CA), The composition of this natural drink, found it a strong painkiller. It acts like a drug, however, the concentration in breast milk is low.

As it turned out, when breastfed babies body gets hydrocodone (a semi-synthetic opioid derived from natural opiates codeine and thebaine). Apart from him, the mother's milk is rich in substances similar in effect 30 grams of Vicodin (analgesic containing paracetamol and falls within the category of hard drugs).

Studies have shown Americans that for infants aged between 1 and 3 months, the share of natural narcotic drugs in the milk of their mothers comes to 1% of all the components of milk. For children 3 year of age, this concentration is higher - up to 3%.

  "On this account should not be deceived - said Gideon Koren, MD, head of the Toronto program for sick children - as in the body of the newborn parent substance Breast Milk   absorbed much more slowly. "

The discovery, made by American scientists, will allow pharmacists to create pain medication based on natural ingredients. These drugs do not cause allergies, become easier to digest and more useful for the body of young children. In the meantime, as the anesthetic propofol kids relieve pain (approved for children older than 1 month), tipentalom sodium and ketamine.

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