Reports outline addiction medicine study findings from University of New South Wales, National Drug and Alcohol Research Center

Data detailed in "Methadone in pregnancy: treatment retention and neonatal outcomes" have been presented. In this recently published study, investigators in Sydney, Australia conducted a study "To examine the association between retention in methadone treatment during pregnancy and key neonatal outcomes. Client data from the New South Wales Pharmaceutical Drugs of Addiction System was linked to birth information from the NSW Midwives Data Collection and the NSW Inpatient Statistics Collection from 1992 to 2002. Obstetric and perinatal characteristics of women who were retained continuously on methadone maintenance throughout their pregnancy were compared to those who entered late in their...

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