Massachusetts researchers have published a new study in the journal Addiction that uncovers several risk factors associated with postpartum opioid overdose. The factors include a history of overdose during pregnancy, a diagnosis of opioid use disorder (OUD), neonatal opioid withdrawal, and greater than average use of emergency care in year before the birth. The study is a follow-up to a 2018 study that found opioid overdose rates decline as women progress through pregnancy but rise significantly after they give birth.
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