methadone in infants

Opioid medications (such as morphine, fentanyl, and sometime methadone) are often given to newborn infants, including extremely premature infants, to help control pain and discomfort. Depending upon the situation, one drug may be preferred over another. This class of pain medications has a very long history of safe use in premature infants.

I know a neo/natal icu nurse and they use methadone because its ez to measure and check the setum level in the blood this is the way they bring alll babys off narcotics its safe and if done right fairly painless sounds like she /he is in good hands let the doctors be dotors Jenny runs into this all the time it more common then you think the baby will be fine and no they dont use sub with babys.........

Dr. Chasnoff recommends that these infants should have routine ultra-sound evaluations of their kidneys in order to rule out such defects. •There is evidence that the use of cocaine shortly before birth can be associated with cerebral infarction (stroke) which damages the brain of the newborn.

assist with stabilisation of drug use and lifestyle help provide a stable environment in your body for your baby, which can improve the health of your baby facilitate attendance for pregnancy care reduce the risk of blood borne viral infections including Hepatitis C and HIV reduce crime associated with drug use is safe in breastfeeding Methadone should be commenced as soon as possible after pregnancy has been confirmed, or continued if you are already on a methadone program.

I am somewhat surprised that they chose methadone to detox your baby. The usual way for infants to detox is morphine because it is so short acting, allowing a relatively fast taper. Methadone is a long acting opiate with half life of anywhere of 13 to more then 40 hours (meaning that it is in the body about 5 times that long). Given that infants' metabolism is usually faster than adults', it will probably be closer to 13 to 20, but it is still very long half-life.

I know next to nothing about addiction medicine except that when we rotated through the nursery we dreaded the baby born addicted to methadone the most. They had withdrawal symptoms for weeks and months. For the infants (and I have read for the people addicted themselves) withdrawal is far harder from methadone than for heroin or other opiates. I don't know if this helps. As for it being worse in MS, I don't know.

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.

Breastfeeding while on methadone has been done, but there have been reported cases of respiratory arrests and deaths in infants while breastfeeding from mothers taking pure opiate agonist such as methadone. There are better ways of approaching your situation. I do hope that this time around you will have good, caring thoughtful doctors and medical team to provide you with better advice. If you are not sure, please feel free to check in with us here. You must talk to your OB/GYN.

If you give birth to a baby while still on methadone, baby will go into withdrawal a few days after delivery if you do not breastfeed because of methadone level falling in his or her bloodstream. Breastfeeding while on methadone has been done, but there have been reported cases of respiratory arrests and deaths in infants while breastfeeding from mothers taking pure opiate agonist such as methadone. There are better ways of approaching your situation.

Honestly, in my opinion, babies are so wrapped up in this new world, all the new things going in for them, that a little cold (virus) hardly slows them down. it could be your baby is behind because she doesn't feel well all the time, and THAT is holding her back. Maybe not, but in either case I would push for them to figure it out. Chalking it all down to a virus is a lazy, sorry excuse. My point is, YOU DO know your child more than anyone.

I feel Gerd and milk allergy are grossly overdiagnosed in infants. Lactose overload has been diagnosed in breast-fed infants now - and I believe it is also found in babies.

Hi they wont do a drugs test on ur baby wen he/she ive been thro a pregnancey on methadone ur baby will b moniterd to see if it is having withdrawals from methadone i was on 90mls n my daughter had to stay in special care unit for a wk an then i took her home n she is 4yr old now and doing very well shes ahead in her school work and quite brainy.. Dont worry if uv told ur docs, midwife then ur ok. Aslong as ur honest with them the can help you.

Oh no, I do not think a pediatrician can tell a person in your situation that they will have to wait 3 weeks. You really need a doctor's advice. Is this a clinic of some sort?? My doctor's office takes calls for acute situations EVERY day and has time in their day to see people that need seen immediately. I've never even had to wait a day to see a doctor when my kids needed one. It is different than setting up an appointment.

i hope this is the last time she touches cocaine. although it is doubtful after one time, it IS possible to do damage. during the beginning of pregnancy this is very dangerous with the rapid development taking place. here are some effects to the baby if cocaine was used during pregnancy. Prematurity Lowerbirthweight, shorter Smaller head circumference A piercing cry, which is apparently indicative of neurological dysfunction Lower Apgar score Irritability and hypersensitivity.

I agree with all the above posters. Heroin is NOT an option while pregnant. I've seen women lose their babies this way. I was on my last clinic for twenty years & saw many infants delivered safely this way. (In fact, as far as I know, Methadone is the only opiate Generally Considered Safe during pregnancy.) You also run the risk of infection & spontaneous abortion from shooting up. (Also, OD'ing!

I am sorry you are in so deep with your addiction. There is no easy way out of this and unless you use suboxone or methadone, you will have wd's and most likely won't be able to work. But if you are serious about quitting, I think it would be worth it to miss some work to take care of yourself. Maybe you can get someone to watch your son for a week because when you are w/d you won't be able to take care of him.

I am also still on methadone and I am just as active as ever, I go out, I have sex like a normal person, and Methadone has done nothing but help me as well as others I know well in their lives. everyone tries to blame methadone for all their damn problems. Shes probably depressed, probably has post partum depression, that's what it sounds like for sure. She and you are both using that as the big excuse for whats really going on.

My son, who is 7 months old, was recently diagnosed with Chiari Malformation. The diagnosis was confirmed on Mar 10, 2014 and he was also diagnosed with hydrocephalus. Anyone have this happen with an infant? I'm trying to figure out what the next steps are in the event of an increase in fluid and pressure. He also is having to see a pediatric eye doctor to check the eye pressure in his eyes.

my daughter is 3 months old ,she has been passing mucus in stools for about 4 weeks now and some times there are spots of blood in the mucus ,I took her to the doc but not found the cause yet

It will remain in baby's system. Especially if you took them for more than 2 weeks. You need to let your OB know even if it leaves both systems because if you we're abusing them and taking them for a long period of time we can't diagnose the outcome. No judgement, but please for the sake of your innocent baby tell your Dr. You made the right decision to stop taking them. Best wishes!

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