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UF study refines treatment options for infant drug withdrawals

and on March 8th, 2012 | Last updated: March 28, 2013 at 4:39 pm

Opioid pain relievers prescribed to pregnant mothers have been linked to increasing rates of drug withdrawals in infants during and after birth. Florida’s 89.1, WUFT-FM’s Jordan Matich reports on a new study by the UF College of Medicine-Jacksonville that aims to refine treatment methods for babies.

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