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Oxycodone and Pregnancy
by Nette, Aug 27, 2001 12:00AM
I suffered second & third degree burns on my right arm in an accident in my home on June 1st, 2001. I am pregnant and my due date is November 4th. Since the accident I've been taking 5mg oxyir cap (oxycodone). I took eight capsules per day during June, as well as two oxycontin tablets per day and since mid-July I've taken five capsules of 5 mg oxyir cap per day for pain. No skin graphs have been done on the wound. I clean the wound each day with dial anti-bacteria soap and dress the wound with 1% silver sulfadiazine cream. I've had no other complications related to my pregnancy. I will be forty years old September 6th and this is my first baby.
The area is not going to be healed before my due date; therefore, unless surgery is performed I will still be taking the oxycodone when my baby is born. I am very concerned about having surgery at this point due to the risk of premature labor and since the recovery time would be about six weeks which means I would still require pain medication until about two to four weeks before my due date. My doctors do not seem to know how the use of oxycodone will affect my baby if I continue to use the medication near or through my due date.
Is there any research on the effects of oxycodone on a new born whose mother has taken the medication as I have during pregnancy? At this point would surgery provide enough benefits to my baby to justify all the risks involved in the surgical procedure and recovery period? Are there any other alternatives in my treatment to help ensure the health of my baby?
The area is not going to be healed before my due date; therefore, unless surgery is performed I will still be taking the oxycodone when my baby is born. I am very concerned about having surgery at this point due to the risk of premature labor and since the recovery time would be about six weeks which means I would still require pain medication until about two to four weeks before my due date. My doctors do not seem to know how the use of oxycodone will affect my baby if I continue to use the medication near or through my due date.
Is there any research on the effects of oxycodone on a new born whose mother has taken the medication as I have during pregnancy? At this point would surgery provide enough benefits to my baby to justify all the risks involved in the surgical procedure and recovery period? Are there any other alternatives in my treatment to help ensure the health of my baby?
Look up perscription drugs as a search, i know there's a website that gives you particulars on effects that drugs have as they relate to pregnancy.
I do not believe, in your low doses, that you are causing any harm to your unborn baby (this is only my opinion). I believe that opiates have a very low (cross-over through the placenta) capacity.
How things like cocaine, speed, and drugs such as these, they are extremely dangerous for the unborn fetus.
Your doctor should be able to give you reassurance at least, he/she should know how to handle your situation best!
Good luck, that must be so difficult battling your burns and going through pregnancy, preparing for a newborn at the same time.
Jenny
With that said, I will say that a few months ago at work, I attended a training at work on pregnancy and drug abuse. The Doctor who gave this training did say that if a woman is taking hydrocodone (vicodin) during her pregnancy, that the baby will be born physically dependant, and will have to undergo uncomfortable withdrawals after birth. I don't know for sure if the same holds true for oxycodone, but I would assume that it does.
But..definately check with your doctor, and best of luck to you..keep us posted!
WW
I had such a wierd and scary dream last night. I dreamed I went to the Doctor's and was given a full bottle of percocet (not sure why percocet..I never took that one). In the dream I held the bottle and looked at the pills, trying hard to fight the urge to take one. I woke up, and couldn't go back to sleep, but was relieved that it was only a dream.
Is this normal? I mean, is it common to dream about using again when you are trying to stay clean?
I'm hoping my sleep cycle gets back to normal soon. I go back to work (after 3 months off post surgery) a week from today, and I normally need a full 8 hours to function at my best. In the past, I'd knock myself out with vicoprofen before bed, and sleep through the night, but I'm not going to choose that option anymore. How long till normal sleep tends to return?
Sending you all love and light,
WW
I haven't used a needle in 20 years, and just the other night
I dreamed I was shooting coke and black tar heroin (speed-balls).
Ich, I hate coke (even in a speedball),the way that only some-one
else who's been there can. Even so, here I'm casing after that
old icy girl. I usally wake up in a cold sweat. I think this is quite common among recovering. Don't let it bother you, just keep
moving. Hope you are thru the worst of WD's.
Keep an angel on your shoulder
kip
Thomas
Would taking a benzo to help me sleep for the next few nights delay my body's own natural sleep cycle from returning?
I know I've said this before...but I'll say it again just to be loud and obnoxious about it...YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST!
love,
WW
WW, I am still having trouble sleeping and its been 24 days for me....It did just occur to me that taking something to sleep