Topic Overview

Pregnancy and Opioids

There are risks to you and your baby if you take opioids while pregnant. Learn about these risks and the treatments for opioid use disorder (OUD) in pregnancy.

Maternal Child HealthReproductive

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Definition

There are risks to you and your baby if you take opioids while pregnant. Learn about these risks and the treatments for opioid use disorder (OUD) in pregnancy.

Concept record

Canonical title: Pregnancy and Opioids
Alphabetical key: P
Category: Maternal Child Health
Content type: Topic Overview
Other names, clinical names and abbreviations: None recorded for this concept yet.
Article status: Medical Encyclopedia Index Entry — full article under review.

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