Researchers defined a cohort of 534,500 women with completed pregnancies who were enrolled in a commercial insurance plan from 6 months before pregnancy through delivery.
The study found that that overall, 76,742 women were dispensed an opioid at some point during pregnancy. Around 2.2 percent of the women were dispensed opioids three or more times during pregnancy. The most commonly dispensed opioids during pregnancy were hydrocodone, codeine and oxycodone.
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