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Early Growth Patterns of Methadone-Addicted Infants
Ira J. Chasnoff, MD;
Roger Hatcher, PhD;
William J. Burns, PhD
Am J Dis Child. 1980;134(11):1049-1051.
Abstract
• The early growth patterns of 15 fullterm infants born to mothers on wellcontrolled, low-dose methadone hydrochloride maintenance were studied. Mean birth weight and length were at the tenth percentile, and mean head circumference was at the fifth percentile. Early withdrawal symptoms persisted for three to four months, and mean growth parameters continued along their respective percentiles. As withdrawal symptoms abated at 4 to 6 months, infants became more responsive, easier to handle, and demonstrated an accelerated growth pattern. This acceleration of growth at 4 to 6 months of age corresponded to patterns found in previous animal studies.
(Am J Dis Child 134:1049-1051, 1980)
Author Affiliations
From the Departments of Pediatrics (Dr Chasnoff) and Psychiatry (Drs Hatcher and Burns), Prentice Women's Hospital and Maternity Center, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University School of Medicine, Chicago.
Footnotes
Read in part at the International Workshop on the "At Risk" Infant, Tel Aviv, Israel, July 29, 1979.
Reprint requests to 1325 W Howard, Evanston, IL 60202 (Dr Chasnoff).
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