Effects of methadone on a fetus
Common Questions and Answers about Effects of methadone on a fetus
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"If a mother stops using the drug "cold turkey," the fetus will then experience withdrawal symptoms in the womb, with may cause wide swings in the baby's blood level from intoxication to withdrawal, which often times leads to death and spontaneous abortion, premature birth, and other negative effects. (Bashmore, 508, http://www.nida.nih.
hey there, i had a friend on methadone, she had her baby, she was on it legit thru a clinic tho, thats a worry i reckon.
but her baby was only in the prem ward a couple of days, and if he showed any discomfort they give them teeny tiny doses or morphine. but breastfeeding will be ok too, coz he will still get some thru that.
now the youngulla is a handsome healthy boy, so please dont stress out so much. they do have ways around these things these days.
Have I already taken too much methadone thus defeating the whole purpose of a safe detox? Will I withdrawal from taking 10mg a day for 5 days, then a 4 day break, then 4 more days of 10mg a day? I think I never should've got those 6 more but I have no experience with methadone. I only got them after reading I shouldn't quit cold turkey while pregnant and they use it for addicted pregnant women.
Most physicians have little to no experience with (or much knowledge of) methadone and how it works and especially methadone and pregnancy. A doctor must hold special licensing to prescribe methadone for opiate addiction, and have the appropriate opiate-substitution training to do so. Therefore, you may not always get the current or correct advice from a general physician or OB-GYN. Your methadone clinic can't steer you to an OB-GYN with the correct addiction training.
Well I've done some research its somewhat common these days ,it has been proven that there is no birth defects caused by methadone ,there is a 50 50c chance the baby can go through withdrawl. It can be very dangerous for the mother to detox while pregnant, its very hard on the fetus and can cause a miscarriage . I'm just thankful to be on methadone its helped me stay clean and change my life for the better.
I agree, there are no health problems especially that early in pregnancy... Provera AND I think Plan B both are forms of hormonal BC. And if your already pregnant It won't bring on a period and it won't cause an abortion.
i'm a 35 yr old female that surrendered to methadone to steer away of a herion habit. I started methadone in Feb., but havent had a menstrated since Dec 31st. Also, I have absolutely no sex drive and when I do have sex with my partner it doesn't feel normal. Is there something my doctor can help me with. It's tearing my relationship apart.
From what i ve read i think my response more accurately reflect the opinion of the mainstream medical proffession and responses in favour of fetal detox are more in line with an outdated ideology. That is,out of site out of mind. A detoxing fetus noone can see or help is somehow better than a visible detoxing newborn with unfettered access to the complete amoury of medical expertise.
Anyways.
I immediately came clean with my obgyn and talked to a suboxone dr a week later. He gave me 3 options of methadone, subutex, or oxycodone. After doing research I believe subutex has the least withdrawals for the baby. I always thought the difference between subutex and suboxone was that you could take subutex sooner because of the lack of naloxone, but now I'm hearing you still have to be in withdrawal to take it. But you also can lose the baby if you go into withdrawal so now I am scared.
The most commonly recommended treatment for pregnant women who are addiction to heroin or other opiates is methadone maintenance treatment. All pregnant opiate-addicted women are advised to take methadone as a part of a medically supervised methadone maintenance treatment program. Methadone is currently the only medication approved for the addiction treatment of pregnant women who are addicted to heroin or other opiates.
The fetus feels withdrawal symptoms during pregnancy.
I am so sorry for your situation.I was on methadone for a year and a half and I have been clean for over a year now.There were pregnant women at the clinic I went too who stayed on the methadone through out their pregnancy,but I'm not sure how it effected their babies.Does your wife's OB doctor know whats going on? If not he/she NEEDS to and they need to know the truth and the whole truth whether they hear it from her or you.
we are now 10 weeks and very aprehensive we are both nervous because of last time......
When you say Meth I'm a$$uming your talking about methadone mot methamphetamine? Right? Anyways, if this is correct it seems like your daughter did it backwards as the methadone seems to be the standard protocol from expecting mothers detoxing from opiates. She should have stayed on the methadone and let the Percocet go. Whatever she does should be done under the care and advisement of her OB but here is some helpful info below that you can present at a dr visit.
It could be a side effect of the methadone or even an allergic type reaction to it. I remember when I took Macrobid (antibiotic) for a urinary infection, I had a high fever (102.3) every time I would take it, so I called my doctor's office and they told me to stop it immediately because I was having an allergic reaction to it. As it turned out, my father had had this same type of reaction to it a couple years before.
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