Study shows rise in some prenatal exposure to opiates

A new study from a Alaskan epidemiologist looks at infants who were exposed to opiates before birth.
Unlike previous studies, it goes beyond the sharp rise in cases for a portion of the population to explore what happens next.http://media.aprn.org/2017/ann-20170222-03.mp3The rate of neonatal abstinence syndrome for Medicaid-eligible births increased nearly seven-fold from 2004 to 2015.
Neonatal abstinence syndrome is when babies are in withdrawal from drugs after being born.
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