East Tennessee State University’s Dr. Brenda Louw recently served as editor of a new book to help speech-language ...

This five-week-old boy is one of nearly 300 infants a year treated for opioid withdrawal at Cabell Huntington Hospital in West Virginia. He sleeps under the soothing touch of his mother ...

Among infants with neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS), median length of treatment was 15 days for infants who ...

This story was originally published by KFF Health News. On learning last year she was pregnant with her second child, Cailyn ...

and interdisciplinary support for children and families diagnosed with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS), Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome (NOWS), or who are suspected of being impacted by opioid ...

and as many as 400 require medication for withdrawal. Sara Murray opened a special neonatal unit five years ago to help care for the babies being weaned off opioids. Every day brings another story ...

Prolonged use during pregnancy can result in neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome, which may be life-threatening. Advise the patient of the risk of neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome and treat ...

Avoid abrupt cessation. Elderly. Cachectic. Debilitated. Pregnancy; potential neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome during prolonged use. Labor & delivery: not recommended. Nursing mothers ...

as well as to manage cravings and anxiety during the post-withdrawal period. Opioid overdose mortality has surged in recent years, largely due to fentanyl. Drug overdose deaths increased from 2019 ...