Detoxification from opiate drugs during pregnancy

With these data and other published studies, more than 600 patients have been reported to detoxify from opiates during pregnancy with no report of fetal harm related to the process. These data highly suggest that detoxification of opiate-addicted pregnant patients is not harmful. The rate of neonatal abstinence syndrome is high but primarily when no continued long-term follow-up occurs. Once a patient is drug free, intense behavioral health follow-up is needed for continued success.