Addicted Expectant Mothers on the Rise in Kentucky and Ohio
Addicted Expectant Mothers on the Rise in Kentucky and Ohio
The babies are kept in the hospital even if they do not immediately show symptoms of withdrawal, and monitored for 48 to 72 hours. If withdrawal is occurring, DeFoor said, the infants are given methadone to ease the withdrawal symptoms and then …
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Babies born addicted to drugs: more than 20 newborn addicts every week in …
More than 20 babies a week are born addicted to drugs in England, NHS figures show. In the past decade, more … The number diagnosed with “neonatal withdrawal symptoms” has risen by 11 per cent in the past four years, to 1,129 last year. The figures …
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