Using Drugsduring Pregnancy Brookline MA

The use of amphetamines is associated with an increase in cardiovascular defects in babies. Barbiturate use during pregnancy may be linked to birth defects, withdrawals, poor feeding, and seizures. Opiods are associated with abnormalities and complications during pregnancy.

Childrens Hospital Pediatric Assoc
(617) 355-2727
300 Longwood Avenue
Boston, MA
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Granada House Inc
(617) 254-2923
70 Adamson Street
Allston, MA
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Substance abuse , Halfway house
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1125 Tremont Street
Roxbury, MA
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Tecumseh House
(617) 731-3366
107 Fisher Avenue
Roxbury, MA
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65 Glen Road
Jamaica Plain, MA
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Addiction Treatment Center of
(617) 254-1271
77 Warren Street
Brighton, MA
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Bournewood Hospital
(617) 469-0300x309
300 South Street
Chestnut Hill, MA
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Fenway Community Health Center
(617) 267-0900
7 Haviland Street
Boston, MA
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Outpatient
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Spanish

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(617) 254-8500
11 Henshaw Street
Brighton, MA
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(617) 350-6900
95 Berkeley Street
Boston, MA
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Using Drugsduring Pregnancy

Drugs can even spoil the development of a baby, and can cause critical situations during pregnancy. Some of the drugs can cause nutritional deficiencies, fetal growth retardation and anemia. The use of drugs while pregnant can also increase the chance of developing toxemia or pre-eclampsia. Marijuana use during pregnancy can cause attention deficit, memory problems and impaired decision making skills. These problems usually don’t appear until age 3.

Pregnancy and Drug Use

The use of amphetamines is associated with an increase in cardiovascular defects in babies. Barbiturate use during pregnancy may be linked to birth defects, withdrawals, poor feeding, and seizures. Opiods are associated with abnormalities and complications during pregnancy. There is a high risk for premature labor, intrauterine growth retardation and pre-eclampsia, in women who use opiods while pregnant.

Cocaine use by the mother-to-be can increase the risk of miscarriage. Babies born to mothers who used cocaine during pregnancy can have lower IQ scores and mental deficiencies. Sudden infant death syndrome is more common in babies born to mothers who used cocaine. The use of PCP during pregnancy is believed to cause abnormal development in babies. It can cause the mother to have mental illness and loose contact with reality.

If you smoke cigarettes, and are pregnant or plan to be pregnant you should definitely consider stopping the habit. When you inhale tobacco smoke you are inhaling substances that a...

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