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ABSTRACT The effects of heroin addiction on pregnancy and the newborn have been profound. With the decrease in quantity and quality of heroin, women have begun to use other psychoactive
agents such as pentazocine. Two groups of pregnant women enrolled in a comprehensive prenatal addiction program were studied: Group A (N=14) whose major drug of abuse was pentazocine; Group
B (N=26) were maintained on methadone. Maternal and infant morbidity were compared. In Group A one mother and infant died. Differences were observed in the following parameters: No
differences were seen in maternal age, gravity, abortions, obstetrical complications, or newborn Apgar scores. Neonatal abstinence symptoms occurred in all infants, and 85% of each group
were treated. These data suggest that greater maternal and infant morbidity occur when pentazocine, as compared to methadone, is used during pregnancy. ARTICLE PDF AUTHOR INFORMATION AUTHORS
AND AFFILIATIONS * Departments of Obstetrics/Gynecology and Pediatrics, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa. Loretta P Finnegan & Ronald J Wapner Authors * Loretta P
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Scholar RIGHTS AND PERMISSIONS Reprints and permissions ABOUT THIS ARTICLE CITE THIS ARTICLE Finnegan, L., Wapner, R. 325 PENTAZOCINE: EFFECTS ON PREGNANCY AND THE NEONATE. _Pediatr Res_ 15
(Suppl 4), 494 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-198104001-00336 Download citation * Issue Date: 01 April 1981 * DOI: https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-198104001-00336 SHARE THIS
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