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His mother had taken baclofen 30 milligrams orally four times per day throughout pregnancy for management of spasticity associated with a remote cervical spinal cord injury. Due to concern for possible withdrawal, the neonate was started on a baclofen taper beginning within hours of birth while evaluation for alterative etiologies was underway. Symptoms were monitored using the Finnegan Neonatal Abstinence Scale. The neonate tolerated the baclofen taper well and was successfully tapered off by the fourteenth day of life with full resolution of symptoms and no apparent neurologic deficits. CONCLUSION: Further research is needed to assess the incidence of neonatal baclofen withdrawal with regard to maternal dosage and route of administration, and to determine the most appropriate monitoring and management protocols for the neonate.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3233\/prm-210023","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,1,28]],"date-time":"2022-01-28T12:10:09Z","timestamp":1643371809000},"page":"389-394","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Neonatal baclofen withdrawal following intrauterine exposure"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Marianne A.","family":"Mousigian","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA"},{"name":"Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital, Grand Rapids, MI, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Sara A.","family":"Rosenblum","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Erin E.","family":"Neil Knierbein","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Alecia K.","family":"Daunter","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"179","reference":[{"issue":"7304","key":"10.3233\/PRM-210023_ref2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"85","DOI":"10.1136\/bmj.323.7304.85","article-title":"Drug points: Neonatal convulsions after withdrawal of baclofen","volume":"323","author":"Ratnayaka","year":"2001","journal-title":"BMJ"},{"issue":"11","key":"10.3233\/PRM-210023_ref3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"821","DOI":"10.1038\/sc.2015.88","article-title":"Current pregnancy among women with spinal cord injury: findings from the US national spinal cord injury database","volume":"53","author":"Iezzoni","year":"2015","journal-title":"Spinal Cord"},{"issue":"8","key":"10.3233\/PRM-210023_ref7","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1156","DOI":"10.1212\/01.wnl.0000086806.65430.40","article-title":"Intrathecal baclofen pump implantation during pregnancy","volume":"61","author":"Roberts","year":"2003","journal-title":"Neurology"},{"issue":"7","key":"10.3233\/PRM-210023_ref8","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"527","DOI":"10.1038\/sc.1992.110","article-title":"Pregnancy in a quadriplegic patient treated with continuous intrathecal baclofen infusion to manage her severe spasticity","volume":"30","author":"Delhaas","year":"1992","journal-title":"Case report. 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