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| TITLE SLIDE: NIH/Eunice Kennedy ShriverNational Institute of Child Health and Human Development logo Research for a Lifetime |
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| GRAPHICS SLIDE: What factors have contributed to the rise of opioid use in the United States? |
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A woman is sitting on the floor, opening a bottle of pills and emptying some into her hand. |
Dr. Uma M. Reddy: What happened in the 1990s, that’s really when the root of this current problem started. |
| Camera view of Dr. Uma Reddy Lower third text: UMA M. REDDY M.D. NICHD Pregnancy and Perinatology Branch |
Dr. Reddy: First of all, physicians were being told that we’re ignoring pain. That pain is the sixth vital sign. |
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A pregnant woman is reclined in a hospital bed and talking to her doctor (female). The doctor is filling out a chart. |
Dr. Reddy: So, we started asking everyone about their pain, and rating it from a scale from zero to ten. |
| Camera view of Dr. Reddy | Dr. Reddy: And then really... |
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White pills are dispensed into clear bottles. |
Dr. Reddy: ... the prescription of pain medications in general, a much more liberal use of pain medications. |
| Camera view of Dr. Reddy | Dr. Reddy: And so, I think it was a combination of physicians but also patients. |
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Blue pills are counted and moved around on a tray. |
Dr. Reddy: Patients also did not understand that these medications are addictive. |
| GRAPHICS SLIDE: Can you give an example of how opioid use affects women during or after pregnancy? |
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| Camera view of Dr. Reddy | Dr. Reddy: So, C-section is the most common surgery in the United States. Thirty-two percent of women deliver by C-section. And it turns out, when we prescribe, we typically prescribe short-term narcotics to help women get through the pain after a C-section. |
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Dr. Reddy: But ninety-three percent of women have leftover pain medication. They don’t even know how to dispose of it, so it’s left around. |
| Camera view of Dr. Reddy | Dr. Reddy: And then what was really shocking was that 1 out of 300 women... |
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Dr. Reddy: ... after a C-section become persistent opioid users. |
| GRAPHICS SLIDE: How does opioid abuse in pregnancy affect the newborn? |
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Stock image of a newborn infant sleeping in an incubator. |
Dr. Reddy: Every thirty minutes, there’s a baby being born to a woman... |
| Camera view of Dr. Reddy | Dr. Reddy: ... who’s used opioids and is having a withdrawal syndrome, neonatal abstinence syndrome. |
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A baby’s hand grasping an adult’s finger, as the baby sucks his or her thumb in the background. |
Dr. Reddy: And what happens is, once the baby is born... |
| Camera view of Dr. Reddy | Dr. Reddy: ... it’s not receiving through the mother, the constant dose of opioids. So, the baby undergoes a withdrawal. So, you have tremors and hyperactivity of the central nervous system. |
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Zoomed view of the kicking feet of a newborn in the hospital. There is an ID tag on the baby’s foot. |
Dr. Reddy: So, these babies need to be treated, basically, because they’re withdrawing. |
| GRAPHICS SLIDE: What was the goal of the NICHD workshop? |
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| Camera view of Dr. Reddy | Dr. Reddy: So, we brought these people together to really understand, what do we need to do, in terms of research, to be able to combat this crisis. |
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A pregnant woman is sitting in an exam room, and her blood pressure is being taken by a nurse (female). |
Dr. Reddy: First of all, with screening. |
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A female patient and doctor are having a discussion. |
Dr. Reddy: We don’t screen women, we don’t even ask them. But everybody at the workshop agreed... |
| Camera view of Dr. Reddy | Dr. Reddy: ... we should ask women, in a non-judgement way. Explain to them that we ask all women about this, just like with alcohol, cigarettes. It’s a routine part of prenatal care. |
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A baby is lying down, and a doctor is examining the baby’s chest with a stethoscope. |
Dr. Reddy: And then we talked about neonatal abstinence syndrome. |
| Camera view of Dr. Reddy | Dr. Reddy: And really, even neonatal abstinence syndrome, there are six different scales. It’s very difficult to really treat these babies well. |
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Stock image of a newborn sleeping in an incubator. |
Dr. Reddy: And, we have very little data on how these children do... |
| Camera view of Dr. Reddy | Dr. Reddy: ...exposed to opioids in utero. So, we had a lot to talk about at the workshop. So, we identified a lot of gaps. |
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