newborn methadone withdrawal symptoms
Fetal and neonatal addiction and withdrawal as a result of the mother's dependence on drugs during pregnancy. Withdrawal or abstinence symptoms develop shortly after birth. Symptoms exhibited are loud, high-pitched crying, sweating, yawning and gastrointestinal disturbances.PubMed Health Glossary.hen a sedative is needed to ameliorate symptoms in newborn infants with opiate withdrawal due to maternal opiate use in pregnancy, phenobarbitone is preferred. Use of opiates (commonly prescribed methadone or illicit heroin) by pregnant women may result in a withdrawal syndrome in their newborn infants.