MEDICATION-ASSISTED TREATMENT FOR OPIOID ADDICTION DURING PREGNANCY (TIP 43, CHAPTER 13)

Course overview

Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Addiction During Pregnancy (TIP 43, Chapter 14): Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Addiction in Opioid Treatment Programs describes the complications associated with pregnancy and opioid addiction and how pregnancy should be addressed to prevent the potential of harm to a pregnant woman in MAT and her fetus. This chapter relates how to adjust methadone dosage and withdrawal and addresses the postpartum treatment of both mother and child, which includes topics such as breast feeding and neonatal abstinence syndrome.