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Article: Is your baby being given heroin during birth?; DIAMORPHINE IS BECOMING MORE POPULAR IN SCOTLAND - SOME FEAR IT IS LINKED TO DRUG ADDICTION IN LATER LIFE.(Vital)
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- Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
- Article date:
- August 14, 2002
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Byline: CATRIONA WROTTESLEY
HOW many women realise they may receive an injection of heroin when the midwife or obstetrician offers something to take away the pain in labour ?
At a guess, not many. And yet diamorphine - which in Scotland is rapidly overtaking pethidine as the pain- killing drug of choice in labour - is another name for heroin.
And, like all drugs, some diamorphine will cross the placenta and reach your unborn baby. The question is, should we be concerned?
Although the word heroin sends shivers down most mothers' spines, it ...
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