Prescribing opioids and psychotropic drugs in pregnancy

BMJ. 2017 Aug 2;358:j3616. doi: 10.1136/bmj.j3616.

Authors

Stephen W Patrick^{1

2

3}, William O Cooper^{1

2}, Matthew M Davis^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.
² Vanderbilt Center for Health Services Research, Nashville, TN, USA.
³ Vanderbilt Center for Addiction Research, Nashville, TN, USA.
⁴ Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
⁵ Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.

Abstract

Increases in prescribing are a major concern

Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Analgesics, Opioid*
Drug Prescriptions
Female
Humans
Pregnancy
Psychotropic Drugs*

Substances

Analgesics, Opioid
Psychotropic Drugs