High MME use by mother linked to increase in preterm births

Women who use prescription opioids for pain during pregnancy are more likely to deliver their babies prematurely, a study by Sarah S. Osmundson, M.D., and colleagues at Vanderbilt University has found. The study, “Prescription Opioid Exposure During Pregnancy and Risk of Spontaneous Preterm Delivery,” was published Feb. 5 in JAMA Network Open .