This sheet is about exposure to naloxone in pregnancy and while breastfeeding. This information is based on available published literature. It should not take the place of medical care and advice from your healthcare provider. What is naloxone? Naloxone is a medication that has been used to block the effects of opioids. Examples of some opioids are heroin, morphine, codeine, oxycodone, and hydrocodone. Naloxone has also been used to stop someone from dying from an opioid overdose. Brand names …
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Fact Sheet: Heroin
This sheet is about exposure to heroin in pregnancy and while breastfeeding. This information is based on available published literature. It should not take the place of medical care and advice from your healthcare provider. What is heroin? Heroin is an opioid. Opioids are sometimes called narcotics. Heroin can be smoked, snorted, or injected. Some street names for heroin include smack, dope, mud, horse, skag, junk, H, black tar, and skunk, among others. In the United States, heroin is an …
Fact Sheet: Opioids | Narcotics
MotherToBaby has developed fact sheets for a number of different opioids/narcotics. Please visit the fact sheets below for information on the effects of these agents during pregnancy and while breastfeeding. Buprenorphine: https://mothertobaby.org/fact-sheets/buprenorphine/pdf/ Codeine: https://mothertobaby.org/fact-sheets/codeine/pdf/ Fentanyl: https://mothertobaby.org/fact-sheets/fentanyl/pdf/ Heroin: https://mothertobaby.org/fact-sheets/heroin/pdf/ Hydrocodone: …
Fact Sheet: Gabapentin
This sheet is about exposure to gabapentin in pregnancy and while breastfeeding. This information is based on available published literature. It should not take the place of medical care and advice from your healthcare provider. What is gabapentin? Gabapentin is a medication that has been used to prevent and control partial seizures, treat some forms of nerve pain, and treat moderate-to-severe restless legs syndrome. Some brand names are Horizant®, Gralise® and Neurontin®. Sometimes when …
Podcast: Episode 8: Opioids and Alcohol in Pregnancy: Part 2
What passes on to the baby if a mother drinks alcohol or takes opioids during her pregnancy? Are there underlying reasons that could affect the child? Sarah Obican, MD, a maternal-fetal high-risk pregnancy subspecialist from MotherToBaby's Florida affiliate at the University of South Florida in Tampa continues the second part of this important conversation with host Chris Stallman, CGC. Together, they answer one caller's questions about a possible adoption that may have been exposed to alcohol …
