Higher maternal doses of methadone does not increase neonatal abstinence syndrome

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 295-298

  Pizarro, David ^a   Habli, Mounira ^a   Grier, Marquia ^a   Bombrys, Annette ^a   Sibai, Baha ^a   Livingston, Jeffrey ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Methadone; Neonatal abstinence; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

METHADONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHADONE TREATMENT; NARCOTIC DEPENDENCE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; METHADONE; NARCOTICS; NEONATAL ABSTINENCE SYNDROME; OPIATE SUBSTITUTION TREATMENT; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952442357     PISSN: 07405472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2010.11.007     Document Type: Article

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