Babies Addicted to Opiates

In this week's Novus Medical Detox Center Newsletter entitled “The Planned Torture of Babies---Methadone, OxyContin and Pregnancy”, Novus Director Steve Hayes, exposes  the   pain suffered by  babies  born to drug dependent Mothers and why it is occurring more and more often.

The problem of babies being born addicted to drugs is becoming more prevalent in the United States.  A nurse at a small town hospital describes it like this-

“I work in a very small, rural hospital, and about 4 years ago, we had ZERO babies born under the influence of drugs.  Since then, it has progressively gotten worse.  We now usually have at least one baby withdrawing from drugs.  Last week we had twelve babies at one time, and seven of them were withdrawing from drugs.  Two of these babies were withdrawing from methadone, and they were the ones that had the worst symptoms and had to be on morphine to try to decrease their symptoms”

You can read the entire article by clicking here. 

If you or someone you know is struggling with a drug or alcohol and needs help, have them call Novus today at 800.505.6604.