The FDA has recently revealed that nursing mothers who are taking codeine may be putting their children at risk. Subsequently, moms who are taking the drug should be on the lookout for increased sleepiness and other signs of overdose in their children.

Fortunately the chances of a serious side effect are low, but the recommendations come in light of a 2006 incident, in which an infant whose mother had been prescribed the drug for episiotomy pain overdosed and died.

Side effects only occur in mothers whose bodies rapidly convert the the prescribed medication into morphine -- which can be deadly if it's consumed by babies via their mother's breast milk.

At first glance this may seem alarming, as codeine is commonly prescribed to new mothers -- but it's also important to remember that the condition causing the this rapid conversion of codeine appears in a very small percentage of the population.

As stated by one FDA official: "Our point is to pay attention."