Indiana Attorney General Suggests Drug Testing Pregnant Women
Indiana attorney general suggests drug testing pregnant women
A 2012 study in JAMA found the number of newborns showing signs of opiate drug withdrawal as tripled over the past decade due to a surge in pregnant women using drugs such as Vicodin, OxyContin and heroin. Vickie Gorzkiewicz, a volunteer at Memorial …
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San Francisco Health Officials Respond to FDA's Move to Crack Down on …
… to include new safety labels for extended-release, long-acting opioids, like oxycodone, morphine and fentanol, to clarify the risks of the highly addictive drugs, including a warning of opiate withdrawals for newborns due to prolong opiate use in …
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