Marjorie Meyer1, Katherine Wagner, Anna Benvenuto, Dawn Plante, Diantha Howard. 1. Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and the Department of Statistics, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT 05401, USA. marjorie.meyer@uvm.edu
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether methadone maintenance alters intrapartum or postpartum pain or medication requirements. METHODS: Sixty-eight patients treated with methadone for opiate dependence during pregnancy (vaginal n=35; cesarean n=33) were matched retrospectively to control women. Analgesic medication and pain scores (0-10) were extracted from the medical record. The primary endpoint was opiate use postpartum (oxycodone equivalents). The secondary endpoints were pain scores and intrapartum analgesia. RESULTS: There were no differences in intrapartum pain or analgesia. After vaginal birth, methadone-maintained women experienced increased pain (methadone, 2.7 [1.9-5.0]; control, 1.4 [0.5-3.0], P=.001) but no increase in opiate use ([mean+/-standard deviation] methadone 12.7+/-32.1; control 6.8+/-12.7 mg/24 h, P=.33); after cesarean delivery both pain (methadone, 5.3 [4.1-6.0]; control, 3.0 [2.2-3.9], P=.001) and opiate use (methadone, 91.6+/-51.8; control, 54.0+/-18.6 mg/24 h, P=.001) increased. CONCLUSION: Methadone-maintained women have similar analgesic needs and response during labor, but require 70% more opiate analgesic after cesarean delivery. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: II.
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether methadone maintenance alters intrapartum or postpartum pain or medication requirements. METHODS: Sixty-eight patients treated with methadone for opiate dependence during pregnancy (vaginal n=35; cesarean n=33) were matched retrospectively to control women. Analgesic medication and pain scores (0-10) were extracted from the medical record. The primary endpoint was opiate use postpartum (oxycodone equivalents). The secondary endpoints were pain scores and intrapartum analgesia. RESULTS: There were no differences in intrapartum pain or analgesia. After vaginal birth, methadone-maintained women experienced increased pain (methadone, 2.7 [1.9-5.0]; control, 1.4 [0.5-3.0], P=.001) but no increase in opiate use ([mean+/-standard deviation] methadone 12.7+/-32.1; control 6.8+/-12.7 mg/24 h, P=.33); after cesarean delivery both pain (methadone, 5.3 [4.1-6.0]; control, 3.0 [2.2-3.9], P=.001) and opiate use (methadone, 91.6+/-51.8; control, 54.0+/-18.6 mg/24 h, P=.001) increased. CONCLUSION:Methadone-maintained women have similar analgesic needs and response during labor, but require 70% more opiate analgesic after cesarean delivery. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: II.
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