Can Oxycodone be taken during pregnancy?

[DanielleLeigh]

Hi. I was recently prescribed oxycodone for a severe back injury and I also just found out I am pregnant. I am 11 weeks along. Is Oxycodone one of the "safe" medications to take during pregnancy? I looked it up on the internet and saw that it is one of the Category B drugs to take during pregnancy, but I wanted to get your opinion on it also. I don't take them everyday. I usually am taking them between 1-3 a week at the most. I just don't want to take anything that would be bad. Please let me know.

Thanks.

[IBKleen]

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[lashamummyof2]

ladies,
congrats on your pregnancies. I have two little boys. My first, never took a pill, the second, was hard. Long story...anyway, was on tylenol 3 and percocet on and off throughout and at the end I weaned down to 1 tylenol 2 a day. baby was born a week early as I was very stressed (my brother died shortly after the baby was born, it was horrible), but scored high agpars and zero withdrawals. Very healthy baby and I have yet to hear a story from someone taking a few pills a day to come back saying their baby was addicted. The post above, with the six or so pills a day - well...everyone is different, but my two close friends are doctors and they told me that codeine/oxy etc has a higher molecular weight (as opposed to alcohol which zips right through the placenta and really is a big no-no to drink through pregnancy) and not a lot makes its way through. Again, everyone is different. I had no issues with my baby, and I met a LOT of women like me who were prescribed and had no problems with the baby. the worst thing is to feel guilty or stressed out. Best thing you can do is get reassurance from your doc that it's ok. It is - 1-3 pills a week? that's nothing.
Probably better than eating McDonald's food three times a week!
As long as you talk to your doctor and use only when needed, there is little risk. The first trimester is the stage of development, however, narcotics do not cause defects. You can go to www.motherisk.org and find out. I called Hospital for Sick Kids in Toronto where they do massive studies on drugs and fetal development and spoke with a counselor. She told me 100% they do not cause defects, only addiciton if taken in high doses close to term.
Please don't feel guilty. Do the best for yourself and the baby and take care of yourself.
good luck!

[Nikki09]

Thank you so much for your post. I have had migraines since I was in high school and they have gotten sooo much worse while being pregnant. Just reading your post made me feel much better about having to take Lortab. I do worry about it sooo much but I would not be able to function and take care of my 5 year old without it. Thanks again!


Nikki09

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[Tinkerbell5]

I recently read your concerns, I have dealt with Chronic Pelvic Pain during my thirties diagnosed with stg 4 Endomedtriosis. Lots of pain meds then detoxes after surgeries.  My last surgery put me in so much pain post operatively that I regret the surgery.  I suprisingly got pregnant now almost 11 weeks.  I was on a med called Suboxone for my Chronic Pain and  at 8 weeks when I found out I was pregnant, I was instructed immediately to wean off the med.  So I did.  That was hard.  Now that I am off of what was helping my pain, I am in severe pelvic pain mostly Right sided, right groin that radiates down to my foot.  I was in so much pain 2 days ago,  I thought I was going to have to go to the er.  My obgyn attempted to call my pain dr. who would not talk to him until I gave consent. However, that day as I waited patiently in severe pain, I never got a call from my pain dr.  so my obgyn put me on Oxycodone 5mg every 4-6 hours.  My pain management dr is not experienced in pelvic pain nor pregnancy but I was angry that he had no concern.  I have been a good, faithful patient to him and I liked the fact that he could prescribe suboxone b/c I got addicted to hydrocodone.  Oxycodone was not a drug that I tolerated well. Hydrocodone was my drug of choice after being on it for so long and then I found myself addicted.  I am recovering and attend AA meeting regularly, sponsor and step work.  Thank God for my obgyn dr.  He knew that due to all the organ rearrangement a specialist did on me with removal of more endometriosis and scar tissue it would not be easy.  I want to be cautious about this pain med use.  However, every 4 hours the pain starts to surface and I get nervous. So I take about 4 baths a day with epsom salt. My nursing skills thinking it would help.  It helps temporarily but once that pain pill wears off, I am in pain.  I feel fear, guilt to the baby b/c I want to do what is the best for the baby but the dr explained if I am in pain, my blood pressure goes up, heart rate which stresses the baby.  But this is not all, I deal with severe anxiety prebaby for years and I have been on klonopin.  Now as a nurse I know this is a class d drug.  When I was weaning from the med suboxone, my anxiety escalated by 10.  My psychiatrist increased my klonopin from 2-4 a day.  So I feel double stressed with this first trimester.  I pray every morning, during the day, night to protect my baby.  I hope this pain will subside but according to a specialist dr. he said I have permanent nerve damage due to the last laparoscopy surgery that was done.  My uterus was moved and sutured in place with my ovaries also permanetly sutured back as the endometriosis had covered them so the dr said they wanted to flop forward and he did not want adhesions.  I feel like a mess.  Before my lasst surgery, I only had pain 10 days of  a 21 day cycle.  Now,, I am in pain every day.  But when I had the surgery, this dr. said I can help your pain so you don't have to take pain medication and I can help you get pregnant which could put this disease into remission.  I am scared, I fear that as other's comment 1-3 pain tabs a week is good, I fear having to take it more often.  Scared and praying every second.  On top of it all with the withdrawal from Suboxone, I lost 15 pounds have lost my appetite due to nausea I'm sure with the pregnancy. So I drink Cola syrup, flat coke cola and now have been trying some crackers before I lift my head off the pillow.  That has seemed to work this am.  Thank you for sharing your story as I am a first time mom and don't want to hurt my baby.

[TrayCee]

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