Vital Signs: Risks: Pain Drugs May Lead to Birth Defects

Thursday, March 17, 2011 - 17:30 in Health & Medicine

Babies whose mothers took codeine, oxycodone and other opioid pain drugs early in pregnancy were more likely than others to have congenital problems, a federal study found.

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