Methadone and pregnancy
Common Questions and Answers about Methadone and pregnancy
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I have a few articles about pregnancy on methadone and on Subutex at my blog, Suboxone Talk Zone-- just go there and search for the posts about pregnancy and you should find them. I agree with the prior comment-- we don't know of serious problems from opiates in neonates. The worst part will likely be the judgmental attitudes you will be given by the hospital staff. As for the withdrawal, there are a couple things to remember.
Actually I'm in the same boat. I'm 17 weeks pregnant and on 10mg. I've had 2 babies while on Methadone the 1st I was on 80mg and she had no withdrawals the 2nd I was on 40mg and she did have withdrawals and spent 12 days in the NICU and was on morphine. I was told it doesn't really depend on your dose if your baby does or doesn't withdrawal, it just depends on the baby. I'm definately trying to get off the Methadone before I have this one.
i see how worried and scared you are, and that is no good to you in your pregnancy, i really think you should tell your midwife, she will be able to give you support, i think it will look really bad if you dont tell her and it comes out later, through complications or anything. social services aim to keep children with there mothers, and there is no neglect on your part.
Yea you definitely need to let your OB know. They need to know ANY kind of medicine your on. I'm guessing your probably on the methadone program and after you talk to your OB you can tell them that you are pregnant and you doc suggested so and so and they can start lowering your doses slowly so you won't get withdrawl symptoms.
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.
I'm currently 8 weeks and 3 days pregnant and on methadone. How does the methadone affect my growing baby and what can I expect before and especially after delivery?
You are still opiate dependent and if you continue to be on methadone through your pregnancy, your child will also be born opiate dependent. Your baby will be in withdrawals after birth and will have be spend time in the Neonatal ICU to go through those withdrawal. If you choose to nurse your baby while you are still on methadone, there have been documented cases of babies dieing due to respiratory suppression (they stop breathing).
I have several chronic pain conditions and have been on heavy duty pain meds for years. I have been weaning off as fast as I can as I was planning on getting pregnant next year sometime. However... life throws you surprises and well here I am. I am on methadone and morphine. I'm down to only 5-10mg of methadone and 15-30mg of morphine daily. I am still having pain and need some amount to make life tolerable. However I know it's horrible for baby! Any tips?
Wow you picked a doozy of a medication to take while pregnant. Suboxone or Subutex, there is a little difference is not recommended during pregnancy and they usually stitch people to methadone because its considered safer. Now I don't know what the effects may be but what I do know is that even though I stopped or weaned off about 1-2weeks prior I was thinking I didn't want it to show in the blood.
It does the same thing but more than likely when the baby is born it will not have withdrawals. Methadone is a trap and the hardest thing to come off of.
i'm currently pregnant as well and an opid dependant, i was on suboxone and they told me to get on methadone, i'm currently on that. i see a mid wife and she says it's the safest. there is also a possibilty that when the baby is born there will be no addiction to the methadone. the withdrawl is more harmful on the baby then anything. just make sure your doctor knows everything. she's not alone. i know exactly what you guys are going threw.
for some reason I am thinking doctors like to use suboxne during pregnancy before methadone but the babies are almost always kept in nicu for a while to be tapered off the methadone......and you will have risks with your pregnancy such as pre-term birth and low birth weight and resp. problems at birth and etc. anyone who is taking medications during pregnancy that are narcotics have these concerns.
I am currently pregnant and on 120 mgs of methadone....I dont use any other drugs at all. My boyfriend wants me to have an abortion because he thinks the baby will be deformed or slow and have problems or that childrens aid will take the baby immediatly is he right? I really dont want to have an abortion but want to come off of methadone before I give birth. What do you recommend?
t stop I am 15 weeks pregnant and I was wondering if you know anyone who has taking this during the entire pregnancy and if so was it as bad for the baby as methadone withdraw or morphine withdraw is and i ask cause my dr wants me to go off the dilidid and onto methadone but I only take between 4-8 mg of dilidid a day and my bf is on methadone and I See what it does to him and I feel taking (methadone) that would a put more synthetic opiates into my body as I feel 4 -8mg a day is not worth go
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