morphine and pregnancy risks

I am a 41 year old woman who has been recently diagnosed with chronic pancreatitis ( trauma to pancreas). I am otherwise healthy and would like to know what the risks are for pregnant women with my condition. I not yet pregnant but I am considering it. Please help.

Sometimes, with medications, we have to weigh the benefits of you taking the medication against the risks that it may cause for your baby. Sometimes the benefits outweigh the risks and sometimes the risks outweigh the benefits. Only you, your ob/gyn and your psychiatrist can decide this. I think that you should sit down with your doctors and go through the medication list and decide together what is appropriate for you.

He was very nice and helpful. He gave me morphine extended release 30mg tables and I need to take those 3x a day. I asked him about pregnancy and this medication. He said that there is always a chance of compilations. He said he has seen several patients that have gotten pregnant on this medication, some have tapered off of it and some continued to stay in this medication.

so they gave me morphine. When the pain reduced and i realized what was going on i freaked becuase im pregnant. Is it okay to have Morphine while your pregnant?

Ive been on lyrica and nuvigil fro fibro pain and fatigue, and just found out I'm pregnant. I'm just wondering if anyone else has taken either one of those while pregnant. I've stopped them for i was on only 50 mg of lyrica and about 100 of nuvigil. but I'm still worried, and i feel like I've been hit by a train once again, the pain is almost unbearable, i know my doc personally, have an appt. with him for the 12th.

Stay clean sweetheart and enjoy your pregnancy and be PROUD of yourself for getting off that **** and never go back!!!!

Thursday night i had a much more severe attack and ended up at the ER again. They gave me morphine and sent me home with morphine orally. So here i am writing to see if im the only one in the situation. I have tried managing my food but i have always loved food and finding it very hard. I haven't eaten fried food at all. but i still get attacks. Im soooo depressed over this. My poor DH has to lose sleep along with me in the ER.

I have been prescribed hydrocodone and muscle relaxers as well and take them during the pregnancy.

I cannot do this without some meds. I was on lortab my first pregnancy and she is happy andhealthy 4 yr old. Anyone know what is safe. My midwife believes in NO meds. Desperate I can't sleep exercise or eat even at times.

I'm 8 weeks pregnant and started bleeding, had an ultrasound and labs done. Ultrasound showed me at 5 weeks. When I was 5 weeks I had a migraine and the er dr gave me morphine even after confirming the pregnancy. Could I be having a miscarriage and could the morphine have caused it? I don't have any pain just bleeding more than spotting.

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?

hi all im 25+1 preggo. i saw my doc today who advised me to go on sertraline as im suffering from panic attacks and anxiety but the thing is my partner doesnt agree as we've seen the risks, should i just wait it out til baby born? i was on citaopram but stopped when found out i was pregnant.

t let me do anything even a simple work exert me and worse my worsen asthma and severe spinal pain (3 vertibras are fractured due to heavy doses of cortisones) which don't let me sleep , walk even I cant sit , and I have 4 kids , I have disscuss with my doctors but there is no solution for me...........

dilaudid is morphine and its prescribed for pain during pregnancy.. as long as your not continuing to take it up to birth (because baby will be addicted when born) everything should be fine BUT bring it up to your OB..

Hi, asthma is one of the most common medical problem in pregnancy. With the treatment with appropriate agents, it can be properly controlled and risks to the baby can be avoided. First we will talk about risks. In asthma there is increased risks of vomiting, vaginal bleeding, increased blood pressure, complicated labor, neonatal mortality, premature baby, hypertensive disorders, and low birthweight infants. The steps you need to follow are.

But I believe they just removed it.. And her baby is fine and healthy and is now 3 althought he is a very big boy, (big head, big feet,) he is fine.. Lol so depending on ur circumstances ur baby could b fine as well!!!

Am worried about my first pregnancy and would appreciate medical information on risks to the embryo development. Am considering options in a foreign land.

With my 1st born I got an epidural and I was looking into different pain relief options for this pregnancy. Any of you got morphine instead of an epidural and how was your experience?

I have been diagnosed in the past with generalized anxiety disorder and Panic Disorder. I am 20 weeks pregnant and have taken 2 mg of Xanax 3 times a week for as long as I can remember. Doctors tell me the benefits outweigh the risks of taking this medication. But I wan't to do what is right, I don't eat right, I'm self-destructive and I'm incapable of being happy when I'm anxious and without the medication. I also have anxiety attacks weekly without the medication.

I think you should have a long talk with your psychiatrist about this. Ask them to schedule you for an hour at least to talk in depth about the risks and benefits of different meds. I would guess that the first step would be to try you on something that's reasonably safe in pregnancy, and make sure it's actually keeping you stable.

I have severe chronic pain and I met with a maternal fetal specialist/high risk OB before trying to conceive. I was on morphine, methadone and a few other nerve meds. and I also have a spinal cord stimulator.

There are no controlled data in human pregnancy. Oxycodone should only be given during pregnancy when there are no alternatives and benefit outweighs risk.

Dear SSgt_Best_Girl: It is stated in the medication drug label that: "withdrawal symptoms may occur if tramadol (hydrochloride) is discontinued abruptly". Reference:http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/lookup.cfm?setid=ae7c54b1-b440-4cca-97e8-e5b825413d32#nlm34070-3 The withdrawals symptoms may include: anxiety, sweating, tremors, insomnia, etc. Thus, it is important to taper tramadol dosage down to avoid withdrawal symptoms.

I have a nasty sinus infection and both my ears are infected and heavily clogged. The Dr gave me antibiotic (amox) and singulair to take along with Clariton D. I took a 5mg dose of the Singulair but have now read a listing of side effects a mile long. My hands and feet sweaty and I am on edge. I should have read before I took the pill bc now I am worse than I was before. I cant find how long it stays in your system but I do see half life is 2.7-5.5 hrs.

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) uses a pregnancy category system to classify the possible risks to a fetus when a specific medicine is taken during pregnancy. Pregnancy Category C is given to medicines that show side effects to the fetus in animal studies, but no human studies in pregnant women have been done.

If you are in Canada you can call mother risk and tell them how much you are using and they can spell outthe risks for you

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