The use of drugs during pregnancy is a question of fine balance; no harm should be allowed to be fall on the baby because of the drug, and no harm must come to the mother or baby because a disease is being inadequately treated. Knowledge of the harmful effects of drugs on the foetus ...
Heroin use during pregnancy has been said to cause placental abruption, premature birth, low birth weight, birth defects,neonatal abstinence syndrome(NAS), still birth, and birth defects, as well as an increased risk of SIDS. The most common effect on babies whose mothers used heroin during pr...
Murphy and her colleagues examined the effect of OHPC exposure on thecancer riskamong adult offspring of mothers who used OHPC during the pregnancy with them versus offspring whose mothers did not. All mothers were participants in the Child Health and Development Studies, a group who received prena...
The 2021 National Survey on Drug Use and Health conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration found nearly 8% of pregnant women among the 60,000 respondents overall had used illicit drugs in the past month and some 1% of pregnant women had taken illicit opioids...
It is essential that the maternal disease be well controlled before, during, and after pregnancy to ensure the best possible outcome for the mother and child. Corticosteroids have been used extensively and safely in pregnant patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis; there ...
drugs or had a history of alcohol and/or drug use during pregnancy who could talk about challenges that pregnant women who use alcohol and/or drugs face in entering and continuing prenatal care. Despite our intention of including women who used alcohol only, both alcohol and drugs, and ...
Data from the U.S. indicate that between 5 to 10 percent of mothers consume psychostimulants (such as amphetamine, cocaine or methamphetamine) during pregnancy. Apart from the negative impacts on the developing brain, many babies born from drug-abusing m
In general, drugs unless absolutely necessary should not be used during pregnancy because drugs taken by a pregnant woman can reach the fetus and harm it by crossing the placenta, the same route taken by oxygen and nutrients, which are needed for the growth and development of fetus [7]....
It is a well-known fact that antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) used during pregnancy increase the rate of congenital malformations. However, there is not enough information about the electrophysiological effects of AEDs. In this study, 127 children whose mothers have epilepsy and 33 children whose mothers...
In this article the author discusses the study by Kunjal Patel and colleagues which determines the relation of using antiretroviral therapy during pregnancy and the risk of premature delivery. He states that the study is a significant step in elucidating the subject matter at issue, but stresses th...