CDC’S FINDINGS ON OPIOID PRESCRIPTIONS FOR WOMEN… CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report published a new study looking at how often women aged 15-44 years filled a prescription for specific pain medications, called opioids. CDC researchers found that during 2008–2012, on average, 28% of women aged 15-44 years with private health insurance and 39% of women with Medicaid filled a prescription written by a healthcare provider for an opioid medication. This is important information for healthcare providers, pharmacists, and women, because taking these medications early in pregnancy, often before women know they are pregnant, can increase the risk for some birth defects and other poor pregnancy outcomes (such as preterm birth or low birth weight). You can read the article here, and read more below for a summary of this study’s findings. For more on this, click here: cdc.gov/pregnancy/meds/treatingfortwo/features/opioid.html
Posted on: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 20:27:46 +0000
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