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Barzel R, Holt K, Kolo S. 2022. Opioids and pregnant women: Information for oral health professionals. Washington, DC: National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center, 4 pp.

Annotation: This practice guidance provides an overview of pain management for dental procedures for women of reproductive age. It discusses pharmacological considerations for pregnant women (pharmaceutical agents and indications, contraindications, and special considerations), neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome, guidelines for providing opioids, managing acute dental pain, and guidelines for discharging women with opioid prescriptions. Information about prescription drug monitoring programs is included. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchoralhealth.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Drug addiction, Guidelines, Narcotics, Neonatal abstinence syndrome, Oral health, Pain relieving drugs, Pregnant women, Prescription drugs

Ashburn, M et al. 2019. Opioids in the dental practice (rev.). Harrisburg, PA: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; in partnership with the Pennsylvania Dental Association, 6 pp. (Prescribing guidelines for Pennsyvania)

Annotation: These guidelines for prescribing opiods in dental practices in Pennsylvania, which update guidelines published in 2014, address the use of opioids for the treatment of oral pain. The guidelines are intended to help oral health professionals improve patient outcomes. Topics include recommendations for treatment of acute, subacute, and post-operative pain and treatment of chronic pain.

Contact: Pennsylvania Department of Health, Health and Welfare Building, 625 Forster Street, Eighth Floor West, Harrisburg, PA 17120, Telephone: (877) 724-3258 Web Site: http://www.health.pa.gov Available from the website.

Keywords: Chronic pain, Guidelines, Narcotics, Oral health, Pain, Pain relieving drugs, Pennsylvania, State information
   

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