Open AccessMaternal Complications and Prescription Opioid Exposure During Pregnancy: Using Marginal Structural Models
Author(s) -
Xuerong Wen,
Shuang Wang,
Adam K. Lewkowitz,
Kristina E. Ward,
E. Christine Brousseau,
Kimford J. Meador
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
drug safety
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.377
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1179-1942
pISSN - 0114-5916
DOI - 10.1007/s40264-021-01115-6
Subject(s) - medicine , pregnancy , opioid , medical prescription , retrospective cohort study , obstetrics , cohort study , medicaid , pharmacoepidemiology , health care , pharmacology , genetics , receptor , economics , biology , economic growth
Prescription opioids are frequently used for pain management in pregnancy. Studies examining perinatal complications in mothers who received prescription opioids during pregnancy are still limited.