Painkiller Addiction and Adults: How Does It Affect Children?

Painkiller addiction and adults: How does it affect children?
As a pediatrician who works in well baby nurseries, I am even more directly involved in the over 20,000 babies born to opiate and methadone using mothers last year in the U.S., half of whom will have drug withdrawal and have extended stays in the …
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Reality check: Are pregnancy and painkiller risks inflated?
Generally speaking, there are three classes of over-the-counter painkillers that people take to relieve headaches, joint stiffness, sprained ankles or other run-of-the-mill sources of pain: acetylsalicylic acid, or Aspirin; non-steroidal anti …
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