Zolpidem addiction in a pregnant woman with a history of second-trimester bleeding

Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 306-308

  Askew, Jennifer P ^a,b  

^a New Hanover Health Network   (United States)

^b Outpatient Pharmacy Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambien; Blood placenta barrier; Drug abuse; Drug addiction; Insomnia; Pregnancy; Zolpidem

Indexed keywords

SERTRALINE; ZOLPIDEM; ZOLPIDEM TARTRATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PLACENTA BARRIER; CASE REPORT; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADULT; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PYRIDINES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 33846785491     PISSN: 02770008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1592/phco.27.2.306     Document Type: Article

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