TY - JOUR
T1 - Patterns of multiple substance abuse during pregnancy
T2 - Implications for mother and fetus
AU - Little, B. B.
AU - Snell, L. M.
AU - Gilstrap, L. D.
AU - Johnston, W. L.
PY - 1990/5
Y1 - 1990/5
N2 - This paper describes patterns of drug use such as choice of drug, other substances abused, and route of administration in 174 women who reported methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin, or “Ts and blues” abuse during pregnancy. Seventy-five percent (130/174) reported using more than one drug. Other than tobacco, alcohol and cocaine were the drugs most frequently used in combination with other drugs (7% to 53% and 12% to 54% of the time, respectively). The extent of polydrug use observed in this study emphasizes (1) the difficulty in ascribing adverse maternal or fetal health effects to single substances, and (2) the potential for interaction effects due to multiple substance abuse.
AB - This paper describes patterns of drug use such as choice of drug, other substances abused, and route of administration in 174 women who reported methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin, or “Ts and blues” abuse during pregnancy. Seventy-five percent (130/174) reported using more than one drug. Other than tobacco, alcohol and cocaine were the drugs most frequently used in combination with other drugs (7% to 53% and 12% to 54% of the time, respectively). The extent of polydrug use observed in this study emphasizes (1) the difficulty in ascribing adverse maternal or fetal health effects to single substances, and (2) the potential for interaction effects due to multiple substance abuse.
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U2 - 10.1097/00007611-199005000-00008
DO - 10.1097/00007611-199005000-00008
M3 - Article
C2 - 2343329
AN - SCOPUS:0025344924
SN - 0038-4348
VL - 83
SP - 507
EP - 509
JO - Southern medical journal
JF - Southern medical journal
IS - 5
ER -