Perilous start as pregnant mothers seek methadone balance
A Cedar Rapids Gazette report follows Elle and Haven and their struggle with methadone during pregnancy. It documents risks of withdrawal, neonatal abstinence syndrome, and clinic efforts to tailor dosing while highlighting broader rises in female heroin use and screening practices across hospitals.
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Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
National Institute On Drug Abuse
Allen
St. Luke’s
Mercy Medical
University of Iowa
Illinois
Kathie Manderscheid
St. Luke’s Women’s & Children’s Center
Haven
Cedar Rapids
Gazette Editors Weigh Privacy in Heroin's Hold Series
The Gazette omits last names for Haven and Elle in a key feature while verifying details from Iowa Board of Medicine records about Haven's remarks on Dr Winthrop Risk. Patients at Cedar Rapids Comprehensive Treatment Center, they were referred by the clinic director who was also interviewed.
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Roger Allen
Mercy Medical Center
Cedar Rapids
Andrew Nordine
NICU
Unity Point Health-St. Luke’s Hospital
Nordine
Winthrop Risk
Iowa Board of Medicine
Board of Medicine
Haven
Rebecca F. Miller
the Gazette Haven
Cedar Rapids Comprehensive Treatment Center
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The
Gazette
Elle
Iowa
Long-term support key for drug exposed Iowa babies
Iowa data show about 300 babies born yearly affected by drugs or alcohol. Experts say stabilizing families and living conditions is harder than addressing immediate health needs, with trauma driving behavior and development issues in drug exposed children.
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Iowa
Iowa Hospital Association
Roger Allen
Mercy Medical Center
Cedar Rapids
Resmiye Oral
University of Iowa
Mitchell
Tracey Parker
Department of Human Services
DHS
Social Services Agency
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Iowa Department of Public Health
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Chelsea
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Tanager Place
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