IT IS 9:44 A.M..
MARKIE: WE ARE GOING INTO
EXTENSIVE COVERAGE OF THE OPIOID
CRISIS.
WE RECOMMEND THE TOP 10 STATES
FOR OPIOID DEATHS.
BABIES ARE BORN ADDICTED TO
ADDICTED MOTHERS.
WE HAVE A DOCTOR.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE
WITH US.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
IT'S HARD TO WRAP YOUR HEAD
AROUND THIS, HOWEVER BABY IS ONE
ADDICTED TO PAINKILLERS AND BORN
IN DRUG WITHDRAWAL.
EDWARD: WHAT HAPPENS IS THE
BABIES BORN BECAUSE THE MOM HAS
BEEN ON THE OPIOIDS FOR PAIN.
WHAT HAPPENS IS ONCE THEY ARE
BORN, THAT MEDICATION IS REMOVED
FROM THE SYSTEM, FROM THE BABY.
THE BABY THEN DEVELOPS
WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS.
THAT MEANS THAT THE BABY STARTS
HAVING PROBLEM'S WITH THE
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM.
THE SYMPTOMS ARE WITHDRAWAL, THE
HAVE WEIGHT LOSS, THEY HAVE YOUR
DEBILITY.
THEY HAVE TREMORS.
THEY HAVE REFLUX.
THEY HAVE A LOT OF DISCUSSION
WITH SWALLOWING.
THEY HAVE PROBLEM'S WITH
RESTLESSNESS.
THEY HAVE PROBLEMS WITH
AGITATION.
THE HAVE PROBLEM'S LIKE
WAKEFULNESS AND ANXIE A LOT OF
MOVING INCESSANTLY.
THEY CANNOT CONTROL THEMSELVES.
ABIGAIL: YOU TREAT THEM AS YOU
WOULD TREAT THE MOTHERS WHO ARE
ADDICTED.
ONCE THE UMBILICAL CORD IS CUT,
THEY NO LONGER HAVE THAT SUPPLY
OF DRUGS.
EDWARD: YOU WOULD USE THE SAME
DRUGS.
A MOTHER WHO HAS PRESCRIPTION
DRUGS, IT'S THE SAME DRUGS.
METHADONE, MORPHINE'S, THESE
DRUGS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE BETTER
FOR THEM DURING PREGNAN, WHAT
HAPPENED IS THE BABY NEEDS SOME
OF THOSE MEDICATIONS.
WE BASICALLY GIVE THEM THE TWO
MOST COMMON DRUGS, MORPHINE AND
METHADONE.
THEY WITHDRAW BECAUSE THE MAIN
MECHANISM IS THAT THEY HAVE THIS
AFFECTING THE CENTRAL NERVOUS
SYSTEM.
THERE NEUROTRANSMITTERS IN THE
BRAIN, THE EFFECT ON THE
DOPAMINE CENTERS, THAT IS WHEN
BABIES, THEY HAVE A DEFICIENCY.
THEY HAVE TREMORS.
THEY HAVE ANOTH PROBLEM.
IT'S MORE OF THE MOOD, ANXIETY.
IF YOU HAVE THIS PROBLEM, YOU'RE
GOING TO HAVE ANXIETY.
MARKIE: IT'S NOT JUST SAD, IT'S
A REALITY THAT YOU SEE ON A
PRETTY COMMON BASIS.
TALK TO US IN TERMS OF NUMBERS.
WHAT KID OF ISSUE IS THIS?
EDWARD: FOR OUR HOSPITAL, WE
LOOKED BACK AT THE LAST TWO
YEARS.
WE HAVE CLOSE TO 30.
/TWO WE HAD CLOSE TO 40 BABIES
IN THE ICU.
THEY WERE ADDICTED AND IN THE
ICU.
THERE ARE BABIES WHO DON'T COME
TO THE AND ICU.
THEY GET ADMITTED TO US.
AS THE SYMPTOMS VARY, IT CAN
COME IMMEDIATELY IN THE FIRST
TWO DAYS.
SOME COMMON THE NEXT WEEK.
THE RECOMMENDATION IS MOST
BABIES WHO HAVE MOMS THAT HAVE
USED THESE CHRONIC OPIOIDS, THEY
NEED TO BE OBSERVED FOR AT LEAST
FIVE DAYS.
MARKIE: 4% OF PAINKILLER
PRESCRIPTIONS NATIONWIDE ARE
USED FOR NONMEDICAL REASONS.
IN OKLAHOMA, THAT IS DOUBLED.
HAVE YOU SEEN A SPIKE?
WHY DO WE SEE THAT SPIKE?
EDWARD: HAPPENED IS IN THE PAST
YOU TO HAVE THE COCAINE PROBLEM
AND THEN WE ENDED UP WITH
PROBLEMS WITH METHAMPHETAMINE.
THOSE WERE DRUGS USED.
NOW IT'S EASIER WITH
PRESCRIPTIONS.
WE WERE ALL INTO THE MINDSET
THAT WE NEED TO CONTROL PAIN.
PHYSICIANS PRESCRIBING THAT --
IT MAY LOOK LIKE IT'S CANDY ARE
EASY TO GET.
ONCE YOU GET INTO THE HABIT,
IT'S HARD TO GET OUT OF IT.
THAT'S THE PROBLEM.
IT WAS EASY TO USE.
NOW, THE DEA IS GETTING TOUGH ON
PHYSICIANS AND MAKING SURE THEY
DON'T PRESCRIBE UNNECESSARILY.
EDUCATION TO PARENTS, WE'RE
GETTING THERE.
THE LACK OF EDUCATION IS A
PROBLEM.
THEY THINK IT'S GOING TO BE
FINE.
THE BABY IS GOING TO BE FINE.
SOME STAY FOR SIX WEEKS.
THE PROBLEM IS THE BABY.
THAT IS SAD.
MARKIE: MY LAST QUICK QUESTION,
IF A MOTHER IS LISTENING RIGHT
NOW, A FAMILY GOING THROUGH
THIS.
WHERE SHOULD THEY TURN RIGHT
NOW?
EDWARD: FIRST TO DOCTORS.
MAKE SURE THE DOCTORS TOLD THEM
THOSE MEDICATIONS ARE NOT GOOD
FOR THEM.
THEY ALSO HAVE A COUNSELING
GROUP THEY CAN GO FOR EDUCATION.
EVEN WITH US, WHEN THEY COME TO
US, WE TALKED TO THOSE PARENTS.
THE SAD PART IS THERE ARE THINGS
WE CAN DO AND EDUCATE THEM.
WE WILL BE MORE COLLABORATIVE
WITH PHYSICIANS AND PARENTS.
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