Methadone, Back Pain, Pregnancy?
Question by bullymommy25: Methadone, back pain, pregnancy?
I asked a question bout my sister, and would up getting a lot of responses from people who work with heroin addicts. So, please read everything first. My sister got sciatica with her first child, so bad that she gets “stuck” when she lies flat on her back and every way she moves causes really horrible nerve spasms. She wound up on methadone (doc was eventually investigated by govt for prescription fraud!) and desperately wanted off, but found out the hard way that she can’t just stop. So she began to detox from 60 mgs, then got accidentally pregnant at 35 mgs. Decided rather than just abort to continue, with an OB-GYN’s approval, to continue detox (2mgs per week). So far, so good, down to 16 mgs. But she’s nervous if her baby will have any harm from this, most docs say things should be okay, but it’s a drug! Also, her sciatica is getting bad again, and she gets “stuck” now in positions that used to be okay. Has anyone detoxed and had baby? How can back be helped w/o narcotics?
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Answer by thebattwoman
Chances are that the withdrawal from Methodone might actually be worse than what the drug itself could do to the baby. I would imagine that as she’s being weaned off, so the baby would be weaned off. Whether there would be any physical affects on the fetus I’m not sure.
However, there is a terrific website that can answer everything you need to know. It’s called Methadone Support Org and it’s aimed at pregnancy and methadone. It has a forum where you can post your questions and be answered by people in the know.
http://www.methadonesupport.org/Pregnancy.html
Good luck to your sister and the baby!
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