Prescription Drug Abuse Is Foe We Can Beat

Prescription drug abuse is foe we can beat
Billy was diagnosed with neonatal abstinence syndrome, a condition in which a baby has severe withdrawal symptoms after being exposed to prescription medications (opiates, for example) or illicit drugs used by the mother during pregnancy. As tears …
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Bergen County mother, boyfriend charged after baby ingests narcotics
As the probe continued, doctors at Valley told detectives the infant responded well when given Narcan, a drug used to counter the effects of heroin and other opiates. Detectives found a series of deleted text messages between Tomat and Bradbury showing …
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Substance Use/Impact on Pregnancy part 2 (Tennessee Statewide Infant Mortality Summit) — BREAKOUT SESSION #1 Substance Use/Impact on Pregnancy part 2 Beth Bailey, PhD, Associate Professor of Family Medicine East Tennessee State University.