suboxone and pregnant women

I formerly was terribly addicted to vicodin. The suboxone has been wonderful and have not relapsed since starting my treatment. Life is great now! However, I believe I am pregnant...I am 3 days late and am taking a test tonight. I am already concerned about suboxone and my possible unborn child. Does anyone have any information on the drug and the effects on a fetus? Please help! Thank you!

Most Dr's will switch pregnant women on suboxone to Subutex. . If there is a substitute a Dr will not give a woman Suboxone when they could take Subutex and not have to ingest the naloxone .Naloxone can cause a pregnant woman to not produce the necessary hormones needed for the pregnancy. You have every right to be worried about the baby because she is lying. I guarantee her Dr's no nothing of the suboxone..Because if the OB is educated he would switch her to subutex.

I have read things about women taking Suboxone while being pregnant and their babies are perfectly healthy, but on the other hand I have heard that the babies go through withdrawals at times too. I have also read that if I"m just cut off of the Suboxone cold turkey without being tappered off of it that it could cause a miscarraige.

Julia, I actually haven't had health insurance for a while now...so I have been getting the suboxone from a friend. I know it's wrong but I feel it was better than self medicating with pain pills! I am nervous about telling my doctor... I know I should but I just don't want any problems because of my mistakes... I would like to get off suboxone without harming the baby. I know withdrawls are not good for the baby either so I really just don't know what to do...

I recently found out that I am pregnant. I am 6 weeks pregnant and both my suboxone dr and my obgyn dr know I am on Suboxone. I can't withdrawal from the medication now that I am pregnant because the drs say that it will cause the baby to also go through withdrawal and will most likely cause a miscarriage. I was wondering if anyone has any input? Has anyone else had a child while on Suboxone or knows of someone who has? Did the baby go through withdrawal after birth?

i want to be but at the same time i dont think i can because my husband and i tried for 2 1/2 years to get pregnant and i never did, and then we decided to have random sex and wasnt thinking about getting pregnant and decided we should wait and now i think i might.

Ok I am on suboxone now and was once on methadone and also I am pregnant. I mean it's best to be on nothing while pregnant but some just can't do that without being extremely sick. From what I've read methadone has been studied for years and has been proven to have no danger to a baby accept that your baby will likely go through withdrawl and you might even have to give it morphine when it comes home.

the only difference with suboxone and subutex is that suboxone has a added ingredient that makes for a less potential of abuse, and overdose. suboxone is safer and a better choice i believe.

PART 1/2. I have been a heroin addict for 2 years/opiate addict for over five yrs. Just learned I'm prego today. I want help - more than anything I want help. I'd like to begin a suboxone/subutex treatment but how can I make that happen immediately? How can I make that happen before I need my next heroin dose and begin experiencing withdraws?

I am currently using Suboxone, which is not prescribed to me. I am also 39 weeks pregnant. My family has found out about my abuse of this drug and has alerted the hospital to test me and my baby when he is born. How long will it take for the test to be negative if I stop today? I have been using the drug to combat my heroin cravings during my pregnancy and have been using them almost daily for about three months. HELP ME! I don't want to lose my child.

Whatever you do do NOT take Suboxone while you are pregnant. I have a daughter currently in the Hospital that took Suboxone while pregnant and my Grand-baby is now going through severe withdrawal issues and several other medical problems as well that per the Physician that delivered the Baby said were directly related to the Suboxone.

dcf may still get involved but at least you are doing the right thing for your baby and since i have had my son i have been clean and go to aa and na meetings and i have heard of many women that did get on the methadone while pregnant and they did not have their child taken away for the simple reason that it is the right thing to do in our situation.

You need to quit smoking as well, (if you do) because it leads to decreased baby weight and higher incidence of early labor. Suboxone and Subutex are both commonly used medication to help pregnant addicts stop using and have been found safe to use in pregnancy to help mom stop her addiction. It is certainly far safer than continuing to use the narcotics. Please see a new doctor ASAP. Good luck to you and your baby.

When u stop using ct the baby will go thru WD too and u could really hurt the baby and urself. I kno drs give subutex not suboxone to pregnant women. Please check with ur Dr before u do anything.

Subutex, which is buprenorphine (the opiate) without the naloxone (the opiate blocker) is given to pregnant women in place of the suboxone. You need to speak with your OB right away, to figure out what the plan will be. Good luck!

Many women take Suboxone successfully throughout their pregnancy up until a few days before. This MUST be done under a doctor's supervision, however.

If you become pregnant while taking SUBOXONE, alert your doctor immediately as there may be significant risks to you and your baby; your baby may have symptoms of withdrawal at birth. If you are pregnant or become pregnant while taking SUBOXONE, you should report it using the contact information provided below.* Before taking SUBOXONE, talk to your doctor if you are breast-feeding or plan to breast-feed. SUBOXONE can pass into your milk and may harm the baby.

my partner is 2 months pregnant and is taking around 2ml of suboxone aday if she was to detox herself slowly going from 2ml to 1 ml to half a ml till she was clean over the next couple of months would this harm the baby i myself dont think there would be a problem as its such a little dose but she is worrying and we would like your help to let us know what is best thanks

Methadone is considered the gold standard of care for opiate abusing pregnant women and it is FDA approved for the treatment of this population Methadone during Pregnancy © Michael Sharman Why take methadone (or Suboxone) during a pregnancy? - As a mom to be, you want to do what’s best for your baby, and getting on something like methadone, which causes a withdrawal syndrome in newborns, may not feel like the right thing to do.

Yes he was hurt but he was able to see past all the wrong i did and help me get clean and stay clean . Im also on the suboxone program and if u have any questions abt it feel free to pm me or email me at maria92085 at gmail.com and remember u can do this. Just by posting here shows how strong u are!!!! Btw congrats on the little one and pls keep us updated on how things go!!!

t understand why you switched from suboxone to subutex just because you became pregnant. Since you were already on suboxone, there is no risk. They only start pregnant women on subutex to avoid a possibility of precipitated withdrawal, but once on the Buprenorphine they usually switch pregnant women back to suboxone once they are on a stabilized dose.

m 35 weeks pregnant and on subs as well. All you need to do us switch from suboxone to subutex and should be fine. My ob orders frequent growth scans to make sure baby is growing well which he is. Now is def not the time to try and detox.

Hello...I am an opiate addict in recovery..I just found out a week ago I am preganant. I've been on suboxone for around 10 months. My doctor refused to prescribe me anymore and suggested I go to a methadone clinic... I am waiting to talk to my OBGYN and my counselor....Just needinng advice....

I have to have a C-Section on May 11th, two months from now, I just started suboxone and my sub dr said he would like to see me stay on suboxone through the entire pregnancy and after for a few months. I have been reading on line and am scared because I may not get the pain relif I need. I have had two and it is painful :( My tolerance will be very high and they might not give me high levels of pain med to help :( maybe I should go off the suboxone by that time ???

I am about 9 weeks pregnant and am a recovering addict. i have been on suboxone for 3 years and now on subutex because of baby. my dr. told me that after the birth the baby would have to be in neonatal icu for atleast 24 hours. is this correct? i've read about many pregnancies on subutex and all seem to have turned out just fine, how often does something go wrong and what are the risks to baby?

Definitely talk to your ob and sub doctor. In the past there have been other pregnant women come here for advice. When pregnant, sub doctors make the switch from suboxone to subutex because it doesn't have naloxone in it. Call your sub doctor first thing in the morning. Best of luck and congrats on your pregnancy!

i have been in recovery for over a year. i am currently on suboxone and found out i am pregnant. last Summers i had a still born due to placental problems can this be cause of The suboxone? what should i do?

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