Use of prescription opioids and other psychotropic drugs during pregnancy and their impact on the mother and developing child: protocol for a cohort study using linked administrative data from Manitoba and British Columbia, Canada

Use of prescription opioids and other psychotropic drugs during pregnancy and their impact on the mother and developing child: protocol for a cohort study using linked administrative data from Manitoba and British Columbia, Canada

Introduction Opioids are prescribed to manage pain. Approximately 1 in 20 pregnant women in Canada are prescribed opioids during the prenatal period, which may occur concurrently with other psychotropic drug use. The health implications of the independent and concurrent prenatal use of these drugs a...

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Main Authors: Lauren E Kelly, Kimberlyn McGrail, Jennifer E Enns, Dan Chateau, Alan Katz, Marni Brownell, Jason Kim, Deepa Singal, Ana Hanlon-Dearman, Lindsey Dahl, Nathan C Nickel, Colin Dormuth, Chelsea Ruth, Laurence Y Katz, James M Bolton, Christine Leong, Matthew Dahl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2025-05-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/5/e097657.full
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