Opioids, Pregnancy and Neonatal Care

Resources for clinicians to help you treat pregnant women and mothers with opioid use disorder and their infants.

Practice Guidance

• Clinical Guidance for Treating Pregnant and Parenting Women With Opioid Use Disorder and Their Infants (SAMHSA)
• Guidelines for the Identification and Management of Substance Use and Substance Use Disorders in Pregnancy (WHO)
• Opioid Use and Opioid Use Disorder in Pregnancy: ACOG Committee Opinion (ACOG/ASAM)
• National Practice Guideline for the Use of Medications in the Treatment of Addiction Involving Opioid Use: See Part 8 – Special Populations: Pregnant Women (ASAM)
• A Public Health Response to Opioid Use in Pregnancy: Policy Statement (AAP)
• Neonatal Drug Withdrawal: Policy Statement (AAP)
• Guidelines for Breastfeeding and Substance Use or Substance Use Disorder (ABM)
• Clinical Guidelines for the Use of Buprenorphine in the Treatment of Opioid Addiction: See Chapter 5 – Special Populations (SAMHSA, CSAT)
• Postpartum Pain Management: ACOG Committee Opinion (ACOG)

Research & News

• Treating Women Who are Pregnant and Parenting for Opioid Use Disorder and the Concurrent Care of their Infants and Children: Literature Review to Support National Guidance (Addiction Medicine, 2017)
• Opioids and Women Final Report Released (OWH) 
• NICHD-Supported Opioids Research (NICHD)

Further Education

• Treating Opioid Use During Pregnancy (NIDA)
• A collaborative approach to the treatment of pregnant women with OUD (SAMHSA)
• Webinar Series on Opioid Use Disorders and Treatment – "Webinar series on medication-assisted treatment for families affected by substance use disorders, opioid use in pregnancy and treatment for Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome." (NCSACW, SAMHSA)

Related Links

• Women & Drugs
• Substance Use in Women (Drugfacts)
• Substance Use in Women (Research Report)