hello, i just found out yesterday that my sister is taking methadone medicine and shes 6 months pregnant.... she is being given 35mg - can that affect the baby?
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The most important thing is that her ob-gyn is aware of the situation - Methadone doesn't have, in most cases, any bad effects to the mother and doesn't cause serious birth defects, especially if the dosing is minimal and monitored, but, Methadone inevitably leads to baby being born addicted to the medication. That's why the baby will need special post-natal care because it will be exposed to withdrawal symptoms and it will need educated nurses to help through the first period,
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