Maternal medication causing drug dystonia in a newborn: placental transfer of drugs

Abstract

Dystonia is a movement disorder characterized by sustained muscle contractions, frequently causing twisting and repetitive movements or abnormal postures. Drug-induced dystonia may occur within minutes or hours of exposure to an inciting drug; it is seen with familial pattern and cannot be correlated with blood level of the drug.

• Metoclopramide in labor
• Placental drug transfer
• Drug-induced dystonia
• Newborn