DRAMATIC INCREASES IN MATERNAL OPIOID
USE AND NEONATAL ABSTINENCE 

THE USE OF OPIOIDS DURING PREGNANCY CAN RESULT IN A DRUG WITHDRAWAL
IN NEWBORNS CALLED NEONATAL ABSTINENCE (NAS),
WHICH CAUSES AND COSTLY HOSPITAL STAYS. ACCORDING TO A NEW
STUDY, AN ESTIMATED 21,732 BABIES WERE BORN WITH THIS IN THE
UNITED STATES IN 2012, A 5-FOLD INCREASE SINCE 2000.

EVERY 25 MINUTES,
A BABY IS BORN SUFFERING
FROM OPIOID WITHDRAWAL.

NAS AND MATERNAL

AVERAGE LENGTH OR OPIOID USE ON THE RISE
COST OF HOSPITAL STAY

WITH NAS 15,9

NAS 2.1

WITH NAS $66,700
NAS $3,500 I DAYS

COST

National Institute Source
on Drug Abuse 

 

I NEWBORNS SUFFERING
FROM OPIOID WITHDRAWAL

. -- MATERNAL OPIOID 

NEWBORNS
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RATE PER 1000 HOSPITAL BIRTHS

 

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