Opioid abuse during pregnancy is associated with fetal growth restriction, placental
abruption, preterm labor, fetal death, and Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome. Current …

Pregnancy in opioid users poses a number of problems to treating physicians. Most
guidelines recommend maintenance treatment to manage opioid addiction in pregnancy …

In this nonsystematic review and opinion, including articles primarily selected from PubMed,
we examine the pharmacological and nonpharmacological treatments of neonatal …

The two ultimate goals of using maternal medications during breastfeeding are (i) to provide
definitive therapy for maternal conditions for which the drugs have been prescribed, and (ii) …

Caring for pregnant women who have a recreational opioid use disorder is a common
clinical challenge in modern obstetric care. These are an elusive population who often have …

Infant breastfeeding initiation before 32 weeks postconceptional age is not standard practice
in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). Based on the literature, preterm infants can initiate …

Abstract Background and Objectives: Breastfeeding, a public health priority, improves
outcomes for infants. Methadone is dispensed as a racemic mixture; R-methadone is the …

The historical and current contexts of opioid use disorders during pregnancy are reviewed.
There has been a long history of use of opioids by women in the United States, including by …

The goal for providers treating drug-dependent women is to break the cycle of addiction,
poverty, and disability. The provision of contraceptive care within nontraditional care settings …

The sodium salt of GHB or sodium oxybate is approved and registered in some countries as
a therapeutic substance (Xyrem®) for the treatment of narcolepsy-associated cataplexy. This …