If you suddenly stop taking opioids, it could cause severe health problems for you or your baby. In some cases, stopping suddenly during pregnancy may be more harmful than taking the medicines. Many women who regularly take opioid medicines can breastfeed. It depends on which medicine you are taking. Check with your health care provider before breastfeeding. There are some women who should not breastfeed, such as those who have HIV or take illegal drugs.
If you are pregnant and have an opioid use disorder, do not stop taking opioids suddenly. Instead, see your health care provider so you can get help. The treatment for opioid use disorder is medication-assisted therapy MAT.
MAT includes medicine and counseling:. The information on this site should not be used as a substitute for professional medical care or advice. Contact a health care provider if you have questions about your health.
Pregnancy and Opioids. Learn More Related Issues. A prescription medicine is one your provider says you can take to treat a health condition. You need a prescription order for medicine from your health care provider to get the medicine. Taking opioids during pregnancy can cause serious problems for your baby. You and your provider can weigh the benefits and risks of medicine you take, like opioids, to give you the healthiest possible pregnancy.
These are prescription opioids and some of their common brand names. A brand name is the name given to a product by the company that makes it. For example, some cough medicines contain the opioid codeine. The illegal drug heroin is an opioid. Fentanyl and other prescription opioids are being made and sold illegally. When used illegally, fentanyl sold on the street often is mixed with heroin or cocaine, which makes it extremely dangerous.
It may be hard for some people to stop using opioids because along with relieving pain, they release chemicals in the brain that can make you feel calm and intensely happy also called euphoria. Addiction affects your self-control and your ability to stop taking a drug. Most people who take prescription opioids can stop using them without getting addicted to them.
But using them regularly can make you dependent on them, even if you use them as directed by your provider. At a preconception checkup before pregnancy or at your first prenatal care checkup , your provider asks you questions about your health.
Tell your provider about any health conditions you have and any medicines you take. This includes prescription medicine, over-the-counter also called OTC medicines, herbal products and supplements. And if you need help to quit using addictive drugs, your provider can help you find a treatment program. When your health care provider gives you a prescription for medicine, he tells you exactly how much to take, how often to take it and how long to take it. Addiction to opioids is called an opioid use disorder.
You may have an opioid use disorder if:. This is when you take too much of a drug. Overdose can slow or stop your breathing. It can cause you to pass out and even die.
Hepatitis is a virus that attacks the liver. HIV stands for human immunodeficiency virus. You can pass infections like these to your baby during pregnancy. If you have opioid use disorder, you may have trouble taking care of yourself during pregnancy.
For example, you may miss your prenatal care checkups and not make healthy choices for you and your baby. Depression is a medical condition that causes feelings of sadness and a loss of interest in things you like to do. It can affect how you feel, think and act and can interfere with your daily life. It needs treatment to get better. This can help prevent complications when you do get pregnant. Possible complications linked to opioid use during pregnancy may include:.
Most medicines used by the mother will cross the placenta and reach the baby. Sometimes this may have beneficial effects for the baby.
How a medicine affects a baby may depend on the stage of pregnancy when the medicine is taken. If a new medicine is suggested for you during pregnancy, please ensure the doctor or health care professional treating you is aware of your pregnancy. Our bumps leaflets are written to provide you with a summary of what is known about use of a specific medicine in pregnancy so that you can decide together with your health care provider what is best for you and your baby.
Every pregnancy is unique. The decision to start, stop, continue or change a prescribed medicine before or during pregnancy should be made in consultation with your health care provider. It is very helpful if you can record all your medication taken in pregnancy in your hand held maternity records. Disclaimer: This information is not intended to replace the individual care and advice of your health care provider. New information is continually becoming available.
Whilst every effort will be made to ensure that this information is accurate and up to date at the time of publication, we cannot cover every eventuality and the information providers cannot be held responsible for any adverse outcomes following decisions made on the basis of this information. Login to my bumps Join my bumps.
Oxycodone Date: May Version: 2 View printable version. General information Up to 1 out of every 5 pregnancies ends in a miscarriage, and 1 in 40 babies are born with a birth defect. Medicines use in pregnancy Most medicines used by the mother will cross the placenta and reach the baby.
Does taking oxycodone increase the chance of other pregnancy-related problems? Studies involving people who often use some opioids during their pregnancy have found an increased chance for poor pregnancy outcomes such as poor growth of the baby, stillbirth, preterm delivery birth before 37 weeks of pregnancy , and C-section.
This is more commonly reported in those who are taking a drug like heroin or who are using prescribed pain medications in greater amounts or for longer than recommended by their healthcare provider.
Use of an opioid close to the time of delivery can result in withdrawal symptoms in the baby see the section of this fact sheet on Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome. Will my baby have withdrawal Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome if I continue to take oxycodone in my pregnancy? Studies have reported a chance for neonatal abstinence syndrome NAS with some opioids; however, not all opioid medications have been studied. Based on what we know about the chance of NAS with other opioids, it is likely that oxycodone also has a chance for NAS.
Because information is limited, we do not know if the chance is higher or lower than with other better studied opioids. NAS is the term used to describe withdrawal symptoms in newborns from medication s that a person takes during pregnancy.
For any opioid, symptoms can include difficulty breathing, extreme drowsiness sleepiness , poor feeding, irritability, sweating, tremors, vomiting and diarrhea. Most often, symptoms of NAS appear two days after birth and might last more than two weeks. If needed, babies can be treated for withdrawal.
Does taking oxycodone in pregnancy affect future learning or behavior for the child? Studies have not been done to see if oxycodone can cause behavior or learning issues for the child. Some studies on opioids as a general group have found more problems with learning and behavior in children exposed to opioids for a long period of time during pregnancy.
It is hard to tell if this is due to the medication exposure or other factors that may increase the chances of these problems.
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