MD Edge ObGyn (3/29, Haelle) reports, “Children prenatally exposed to opioids alone have an increased risk of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder” (AD/HD), “but interactions between opioids and both cannabis use and alcohol use were linked to varying levels of” AD/HD “risk as well,” investigators concluded in a study that included “3,138 children (50.4% of whom were male) with at least two years of follow-up, excluding children from multiple-gestation pregnancies, in vitro fertilization pregnancies, and deliveries involving major maternal trauma or major chromosomal anomalies.” The findings were published online in JAMA Network Open.
Related Links:
— “ADHD link to prenatal opioid exposure shifts with other substances “Tara Haelle, MD Edge ObGyn, March 29, 2022