Effects of methadone use during pregnancy
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It says tramadol is category C though. If you don't know what that means just type in goggle pregnancy category C.
This means that it is not known whether buprenorphine and naloxone will be harmful to an unborn baby. Use of buprenorphine and naloxone during pregnancy may cause withdrawal symptoms in a newborn baby. Do not take buprenorphine and naloxone if you are pregnant or could become pregnant during treatment.
Contrary to what you may have heard methadone is not safe during pregnancy, it is actually more dangerous to a baby than heroin. I am not sure why doctors prescribe it but they shouldn't.
Sorry didn't mention my daughter didn't die of any kind of addiction as I didn't use anything during pregnancy,, she died of an infection.....
You need to get your OB/GYN involved in this and if s/he is not familiar with this process, find one who is. You should not be on methadone during pregnancy. The standard of care for pregnant addicted women is Suboxone or Subutex taper, even though maintenance Suboxone or Subutex is still considered safer than methadone because of much less risk of the respiratory suppression.
Please get a second opinion before you get yourself and your baby into a whole lot of trouble.
I relapsed on crack at the endof my first trimester, I only smoked for a day or two , but then At four and a half month of my pregnancy, I wanted a divorce and an abortion, So I went and smoked a gain for a week straght ( about 6,000 $ worth) and seeked help after that. I stayed drug free since then and now am a great mother and wife and mother. I was just wondering if his delays are b/c of me and what other steps I could so to help my angel.
My question is that when I see him during the late afternoon he is very anxious, talking fast, but mixed w/ periods of tiredness. Is this normal when taking methadone or do I need to be worried that he is taking something else? I know that the clinic does random urine screens to make sure nothing else is in their system but you never know. Please help me with your advice!!
7 times the maximum recommended human dose of ribavirin). However, because of the potential human teratogenic effects of ribavirin, male patients should be advised to take every precaution to avoid risk of pregnancy for their female partners.
Women of childbearing potential should not receive ribavirin unless they are using effective contraception (two reliable forms) during the therapy period.
I took pain medication in the beginning of my pregnancy. Than for my well being and my childs i stopped taking them. Yes i was in horrible pain didnt want to move or get off the couch and now im 27w6days and i still feel the effects. Maybe try subutex to get you off the pain medication .... just untill you have your child.
ve taken pain pills my whole pregnancy (dr prescribed) but i had a friend who gave me a handful of methadone to take for pain i was having... Said it was safe, trusted her, was hurting so bad that i was taking them sometimes, only half at a time, randomly throughout my pregnancy. I was told by a friend recently that the hospital drug tests both mom and baby at birth and that it can go back to earlier in pregnancy. I'm terrified of methadone showing up and losing my baby over it.
does methadone use during pregnancy increase the chance of my child becoming an addict?
There are not many studies that have looked at long-term effects of babies born depended on methadone. The other problem is that there are so many factors influencing drug use, it would be difficult to pinpoint methadone as the ‘cause’ if a child did start using drugs.
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.
(ahem, fidget fidget , deeeep breath)
No. Methadones only use during pregnancy is to bring you down and eventually off Meth, it's not used for pain. TYLENOL is the only over the counter pain meds you should be taking in the first trimester...
ll read this, but I feel inclined to shout it to the heavens-- YOU DID NOT HARM YOUR CHILD. As a medical professional, I could spout out lost of statistics regarding opioid use during pregnancy (both prescribed and abused) along with CP dx's. But I'll keep with the meat of what I'm saying....
You are a good mother for being concerned, obviously your adore your little one, CP and all. If you truly dumped your meds 12 days in, you are faultless here.
Hello. Detoxing right now can be harmful to the baby who will feel everything the mother is feeling....especially cold turkey. Make an appointment with a doctor to discuss the different possibilities. One possibility is methadone as it is relatively is safe for the baby. Then, after you have the baby you can address your addiction and get off the methadone.
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