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North Carolina Pregnancy & Opioid Exposure Project

North Carolina Pregnancy & Opioid Exposure Project

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    • Infant Care Providers Working with Families of an Opioid-Exposed Newborn
    • Women of Childbearing Age and Pregnant Women Who are Taking Opioids
    • Providers Working with Women of Childbearing Age or Pregnant Women Who are Taking Opioids
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North Carolina Pregnancy and Opioid Exposure Project

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Infant Care Providers Working with Families of an Opioid-Exposed Newborn

Parents should be counseled as early as possible (preferably well before delivery) about the need for close monitoring of an opioid-exposed infant.

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Women of Childbearing Age and Pregnant Women Who are Taking Opioids

It is important to use a reliable birth control method to prevent an unintended pregnancy

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Providers Working with Women of Childbearing Age or Pregnant Women Who are Taking Opioids

Women should receive counseling about the risk of dependence before having opioids prescribed for them.

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Funded by the federal Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant Fund (CFDA #93.959) as a project of the NC Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities & Substance Abuse Services

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