[Neonatal seizures, buprenorphine abstinence syndrome, and substitutive treatment with morphine].

We report the case of a hypotrophic twin who presented neonatal abstinence syndrome to buprenorphine and developed neonatal seizures when the substitutive treatment by morphine was stopped. The other eutrophic twin did not develop withdrawal symptoms. This case demonstrates the unpredictable nature of transplacental transfer of buprenorphine. It also shows that neonatal abstinence syndrome can be potentially severe and that morphine treatment is not without risk.