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MOTHER Study Babies Thrive at Three Years; AT Forum Talks With Lead Authors

April 17, 2018 by ATForum

It’s long been known that medication-assisted treatment (MAT), with adequate doses of methadone or buprenorphine, can stabilize women during pregnancy and prevent relapse. But a key question has confronted the addiction-treatment field for years: If mothers-to-be undergo MAT, will it affect their unborn babies? The MOTHER Study, an ongoing investigation that began in May 2005, … [Read more...] about MOTHER Study Babies Thrive at Three Years; AT Forum Talks With Lead Authors

When Mom Is Better Than Morphine: Shorten Stay and Decrease Costs For Babies With Methadone-Related NAS

April 17, 2018 by Alison Knopf

When Loretta Finnegan, MD, a champion of medication-assisted treatment with methadone, developed her famous scoring system for newborns—more than 40 years ago—mother and infant dyad designed to determine the severity of neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) due to opioid withdrawal, it was an important step in ensuring that these babies were treated—usually with morphine. Using … [Read more...] about When Mom Is Better Than Morphine: Shorten Stay and Decrease Costs For Babies With Methadone-Related NAS

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