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Study Finds Opioid Addiction Medications Safe in Pregnancy
Original: Study Provides Reassuring News for Women Using Medications to Treat Opioid Use Disorder During Pregnancy
Researchers at the University of Maryland, Baltimore report reassuring findings for women using medications to treat opioid use disorder during pregnancy. The study suggests that continuing treatment such as medication-assisted therapy while pregnant does not carry the harms that some women and clinicians fear, supporting current guidance that recommends against stopping treatment. The results are being shared as comfort to expectant mothers facing addiction.
Why now: The study offers new reassurance on a medical question that worries many pregnant women and their doctors.
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- Study Provides Reassuring News for Women Using Medications to Treat Opioid Use Disorder During Pregnancy · The University of Maryland, Baltimore
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