AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.
Create a link to this page
Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:
Higher-Than-Normal Doses OK During Methadone Maintenance Therapy.
LOS ANGELES -- Babies born to women who take higher-than-recommended doses of methadone during the third trimester are no more likely to experience withdrawal than are the children of women who take the standard dose, Dr. Peter Selby said at the annual meeting of the American Society of Addiction Medicine.
In a review of the records of 53 women maintained on methadone who delivered at St. Joseph's Health Centre in Toronto between 1994 and 2000, Dr. Selby and his associates found no differences in fetal outcomes when they compared babies born to women who received more than 100 mg of methadone per day with those born to women who got the recommended daily dose of less than 100 mg. Of the women in the study, 26 received a mean daily dose of 64 mg methadone and 27 received a mean daily dose of 132 mg.
There were no significant differences in birth weight, head circumference, gestational age, delivery method, incidence or duration of neonatal withdrawal, or length of hospital stay. There were no hospital readmissions in either group.
Methadone maintenance therapy is the standard of care for pregnant opioid addicts, Dr. Selby said. It is associated with decreased infant mortality, larger head circumference, and fewer premature births. The current recommendation is that doses not exceed 100 mg/day in the third trimester to avoid inducing ...
- SSRIs associated with neonatal withdrawal.(WHAT'S NEW IN RESEARCH)(selective...
- Newspaper article from: The Brown University Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology Update April 1, 2005 700+ words
...use of SSRIs by pregnant women and neonatal withdrawal symptoms. In 1999, the data mining...revealed a possible association between neonatal withdrawal symptoms, including neonatal convulsions...68 for all SSRIs associated with neonatal withdrawal. From a database of over 3,000...
- Maternal methadone dosage associates with neonatal withdrawal.
- Newspaper article from: OBGYN & Reproduction Week January 27, 2003 700+ words
...between maternal methadone dosage and neonatal withdrawal. The researchers conducted a study...supplementing. We evaluated indices of neonatal withdrawal according to the maximum daily methadone...relationship between methadone dosage and neonatal withdrawal (p<.05)," the ...
- SSRIs tied to neonatal withdrawal symptoms.(News)
- Magazine article from: OB GYN News Mechcatie, Elizabeth March 1, 2005 700+ words
...antidepressants. He noted that neonatal withdrawal symptoms are self-limited and...found a significantly higher rate of neonatal withdrawal symptoms in newborns exposed to...suspected cases of SSRI-associated neonatal withdrawal syndrome had been reported. In...
- SSRIs tied to neonatal withdrawal symptoms.(Mental Health)
- Magazine article from: Family Practice News Mechcatie, Elizabeth March 15, 2005 700+ words
...antidepressants. He noted that neonatal withdrawal symptoms are self-limited and...found a significantly higher rate of neonatal withdrawal symptoms in newborns exposed to...suspected cases of SSRI-associated neonatal withdrawal syndrome had been reported. In...
- Neonatal withdrawal symptoms.(DRUGS PREGNANCY, AND LACTATION)
- Magazine article from: Family Practice News Koren, Gideon July 1, 2008 700+ words
...beneficial approach to treating neonatal withdrawal symptoms. The Food and Drug Administration...authorities responded to reports of neonatal withdrawal syndrome with suggestions that physicians...properly treated, especially since the neonatal withdrawal syndrome is self-limited. ...
- Neonatal withdrawal syndrome is treatable, according to results of hair...
- Magazine article from: Managed Care Weekly December 8, 2003 700+ words
...com & NewsRx.net) -- Neonatal withdrawal syndrome can be diagnosed and treated...addicted mothers can suffer from neonatal withdrawal syndrome (NWS), which requires...Fetal Medicine, Hair Analysis, Neonatal Withdrawal Syndrome, Immunology, and Drug...
- Academy issues bipolar guidelines; study looks at neonatal...
- Magazine article from: Behavioral Healthcare Tomorrow June 1, 2005 700+ words
...with valproate." Study Probes Neonatal Withdrawal from SSRI Discontinuation A database...antidepressants in pregnant women and neonatal withdrawal symptoms in their children. Researchers...suspected cases of SSRI-induced neonatal withdrawal, categorized by convulsions, irritability...
- Antidepressants raise concern about neonatal withdrawal.
- Magazine article from: Internal Medicine News Melville, Nancy A. September 15, 2005 700+ words
...selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in pregnancy with neonatal withdrawal symptoms heightened concerns about treating depression...in question received extensive media coverage about a "neonatal withdrawal syndrome" in the first days of life that is linked to...
- Panel supports SSRI label changes for pregnancy; neonatal withdrawal,...
- Magazine article from: Family Practice News Mechcatie, Elizabeth July 1, 2004 700+ words
...package insert of serotonin reuptake inhibitors concerning neonatal withdrawal syndrome and toxicity reports in newborns exposed to the...Internet. At the meeting--held to discuss reports of neonatal withdrawal after in utero exposure to a serotonin reuptake inhibitor...
- Neonatal withdrawal syndrome and SSRIs.(DRUGS, PREGNANCY, AND LACTATION)
- Magazine article from: OB GYN News Cohen, Lee March 15, 2005 700+ words
Multiple articles over the past several years have cited perinatal symptoms in newborns whose mothers were taking an antidepressant late in pregnancy, including transient restlessness, jitteriness, tremulousness, and difficulty feeding. There have now been enough reports to suggest certain
Source: HighBeam Research, Higher-Than-Normal Doses OK During Methadone Maintenance Therapy.