Using Drugsduring Pregnancy Placerville CA

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.

El Dorado Council on Alcoholism (EDCA)
(530) 622-8193
893 Spring Street
Placerville, CA
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New Morning Youth and Family Services
(530) 622-5551
6765 Green Valley Road
Placerville, CA
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Progress House Inc
(530) 644-3758
5494 Pony Express Trail
Camino, CA
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Progress House Inc
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Garden Valley, CA
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Divide Wellness
(530) 333-2548
6065 Highway 193
Georgetown, CA
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Progress House Inc
(530) 642-1715
2914 Cold Springs Road
Placerville, CA
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The Gates Recovery Foundation
(530) 622-9500
2810 Coloma Street
Placerville, CA
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(866) 557-6237
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Residential short-term treatment (30 days or less), Outpatient, Partial hospitalization/day treatment
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Progress House Inc
(530) 626-7252
838 Beach Court Road
Coloma, CA
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Shingle Springs Tribal Health Program
(530) 672-8059x116
4140 Mother Lode Drive
Shingle Springs, CA
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Freedom from Alcohol and Drugs Inc
(415) 665-9323
1353 48th Avenue
San Francisco, CA
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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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