Article
Maintenance agonist treatments for opiate-dependent pregnant women
2020-11-09
Abstract excerpt
Some women continue to use opiates when they are pregnant, yet heroin readily crosses the placenta. Opiate-dependent women experience a six-fold increase in maternal obstetric complications and give birth to low-weight babies. The newborn may experience narcotic withdrawal (neonatal abstinence syndrome) and have development problems. There is also increased neonatal mortality and a 74-fold increase in the risk of...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 6c5c98b0-e7ff-5c8e-97f7-b3cf59dab5a4
- DOI
- 10.1002/14651858.cd006318.pub4
