oxycodone addiction during pregnancy

[brandi320]

i am almost six months pregnant i have been on oxycodone 30 mg three to four pills a day for five years ive been on the oxycodone my entire pregnacy i was tld by my primary care doctor that percocet is the only pain med that safe for my fetus i dont understand how its not affecting my baby ive tried to quit and i not only go through withdrawl but they withdrawl is horrible i get really bad stomach cramps as well as diarrhea how do i taper myself down to the point where i no longer going through withdrawl ? if im miserable i know it affecting my unborn child i refuse to continue at this route i need help because i do not want my infant going through withdrawl because his mother couldnt stop taking pain pills

[concernedmama00]

i was addicted to roxys and have been on subutex since I found out I was pregnant. Subutex works really well no joke it completely takes away the withdrawal symptoms and its easier to ween down before the baby is born. The withdrawals are no where near as bad. Good Luck,

[abritt121222]

I'm not sure at all what your primary care doctor means by that if what u said is exactly what he said. Because saying Percocet is the only safe drug for your fetus makes no sense to me at all Percocet is still an opiate and is infact the exact same as the 30mg oxycodone you have been taking. The only difference is that the Percocet is a lower dose of oxycodone and it contains Tylenol but its the same narcotic in both meds and is no different except I would think Percocet would be worse because of the Tylenol which can be DEVESTATING to the liver. No narcotic pain med is good for a fetus and all narcotic pain meds will cause the baby to be born dependent to opiates and cause them to go through withdrawal when born. I'm not trying to be mean or harsh just telling you the gods honest truth. I would def ask the doctor how he figures Percocet is safe for the fetus but oxycodone isn't being they both contain the exact same narcotic pain med. feel free to msg me also if you have any questions or anything and I will help you any way I can

Good Luck and Godspeed
ABritt

[maria920]

Brandi. Have u told ur ob u are on percocet? When i was pregnant i had horrible pain and i was told percocet is harmful to the baby. I would consider speaking to ur ob asap. I jave heard you should not go ct bc the baby will go thru wd and could hurt the baby.  Others will come along with their advise but i strongly urge u to tell ur ob it u didnt already. Tht way u can have a plan in place.