OXYMORPHONE

Fetal Risk Summary

No reports linking the use of oxymorphone with congenital defects have been located. Use of this drug during labor produces neonatal respiratory depression to the same degree as other narcotic analgesics (1,2,3 and 4).

[*Risk Factor D if used for prolonged periods or in high doses at term.]

Breast Feeding Summary

No data are available.

References

1. Simeckova M, Shaw W, Pool E, Nichols EE. Numorphan in labor—a preliminary report. Obstet Gynecol 1960;16:119–23.
2. Sentnor MH, Solomons E, Kohl SG. An evaluation of oxymorphone in labor. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1962;84:956–61.
3. Eames GM, Pool KRS. Clinical trial of oxymorphone in labor. Br Med J 1964; 2:353–5.
4. Ransom S. Oxymorphone as an obstetric analgesic—a clinical trial. Anesthesia 1966;21:464–71.