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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ther Drug Monit. 2011 Aug;33(4):443–452. doi: 10.1097/FTD.0b013e31822724f0

Table 4.

Methadone (MTD) and 2-ethylidene-1,5-dimethyl-3,3-diphenylpyrrolidine (EDDP) concentrations and EDDP/MTD ratios in 19 umbilical cord and matched placenta and meconium specimens from pregnant women receiving methadone-assisted pharmacotherapy.

Umbilical Cord (ng/g) Placenta (ng/g) Meconium (ng/g)
Subject MTD EDDP EDDP/MTD MTD EDDP EDDP/MTD MTD EDDP EDDP/MTD
1 29.7 8.2 0.28 308.0 35.9 0.12 2,555 10,546 4.1
2 130.6 89.5 0.69 1,553.9 147.8 0.10 4,997 28,628 5.7
3 101.1 71.2 0.70 537.3 78.6 0.15 7,281 57,600 7.9
4 53.5 52.8 0.99 549.2 96.1 0.18 5,481 34,753 6.3
5 118.1 74.4 0.63 1,092.4 105.6 0.10 6,373 44,369 7.0
6 193.2 45.4 0.24 2,647.0 517.4 0.20 2,184 53,142 24.3
7 62.2 51.3 0.83 405.2 71.7 0.18 85 6,375 75.0
8 202.6 240.8 1.19 1,538.2 312.3 0.20 11,334 53,800 4.7
9 262.2 42.9 0.16 1,372.1 105.5 0.07 - - -
10 151.0 54.5 0.36 1,511.6 120.7 0.08 5,785 32,826 5.7
11 108.6 44.4 0.41 1,048.6 90.4 0.09 5,009 64,800 12.9
12 98.0 40.3 0.41 1,198.6 95.9 0.09 5,235 80,503 15.4
13 87.7 63.3 0.72 1,724.3 213.5 0.12 18,840 62,600 3.3
14 168.0 21.6 0.13 1,784.2 78.4 0.04 2,548 22,900 9.0
15 169.2 58.1 0.34 2,627.0 302.0 0.11 - - -
16 185.9 45.9 0.25 1,441.6 86.9 0.06 2,492 13,188 5.3
17 192.1 138.6 0.72 2,643.5 189.0 0.07 21,902 57,200 2.6
18 184.6 54.6 0.30 1,909.0 142.2 0.07 5,047 38,675 7.7
19 167.8 48.4 0.29 1,985.9 103.9 0.05 9,864 33,352 3.4
Mean 140.3 65.6 0.51 1,467.2 152.3 0.11 6,883.1 40,897.5 11.8
SD 59.8 50.2 0.30 720.4 115.4 0.05 5,804.6 20,922.8 17.2
Median 151.0 52.8 0.41 1,511.6 105.5 0.10 5,235.0 38,675.0 6.3

A dash indicates that the testing was not done