Cleary, Brian J and Reynolds, K and Eogan, Maeve and O'Connell, MP and Fahey, T and Gallagher, Paul J and Clarke, T and White, Martin J and McDermott, C and O'Sullivan, A and Carmody, Deirdre and Gleeson, J and Murphy, Deidre J (2013) Methadone dosing and prescribed medication use in a prospective cohort of opioid-dependent pregnant women. Addiction, 108, (4), pp. 762-770. 10.1111/add.12078.
This study aimed to i) describe methadone dosing before, during and after pregnancy, ii) to compare the incidence of neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) between those with dose decreases and those with steady or increasing doses and iii) to describe prescribed medication use among opioid dependent pregnant women.
E Concepts in biomedical areas > Medical substance > Prescription drug (medicine / medication)
E Concepts in biomedical areas > Pregnancy
G Health and disease > Disease by cause (Aetiology) > Foetal, infant, newborn diseases (reproductive effects) > Neonatal abstinence syndrome
HJ Treatment or recovery method > Substance disorder treatment method > Substance replacement method (substitution) > Opioid agonist treatment (methadone maintenance / buprenorphine)
T Demographic characteristics > Pregnant woman
T Demographic characteristics > Child of person who uses substances
VA Geographic area > Europe > Ireland
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