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Addiction & Recovery

tavalon

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1. I work with "high end" folks

Reply to MindMover (Original post)

Thu Jun 21, 2012, 05:08 AM

Jun 2012

who get IVF, carry twins and at 45 years of age, they have the aches and pains of pregnancy, but not the resiliency to tolerate them. So we're getting a lot of vicodin babies. I wonder sometimes if these doctors have a clue what they're doing giving a mom in her last trimester opiates for back pain.

5 years ago, we never saw withdrawing babies, now we're all quite versed with the NAS score and it seems some weeks I'm passing out morphine to babies like it's candy.

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Number of Babies Born Addicted to Prescription Painkillers Skyrockets [View all] MindMover Apr 2012 OP

I work with "high end" folks tavalon Jun 2012 #1

As you well know, the answer is not always medication... MindMover Jun 2012 #2

Thanks, I agree tavalon Jun 2012 #3

I am very concerned that a pregnant Ilsa Jul 2012 #4

Depends on a lot of factors, but do not look at the Dr. MindMover Jul 2012 #5

I've called family protective services, Ilsa Jul 2012 #6

Yes the baby will be diagnosed if withdrawal signs are there... MindMover Jul 2012 #7

Absolutely. Ever since we crawled out of the slime, we've been using psychoactives Taverner Jul 2012 #8