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Back to Episodes#439 - 🔵 [PAS 2026] - Can We Give Fewer Opioids to Babies With Withdrawal Syndrome?
Description
Dr. Lori Devlin, neonatologist and principal investigator of the Optimize Now trial, shares results from the first multicenter randomized trial comparing symptom-based opioid dosing to scheduled opioid tapers in babies with neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS). Published in JAMA on the day of this recording, the trial found that symptom-based dosing reduced medical readiness for discharge by an additional 2.1 days — and that 65% of babies who would traditionally have been placed on a scheduled opioid taper never needed one at all. She also previews the next trial in this series, TREAT Now, which will compare buprenorphine versus morphine for babies who do require pharmacologic treatment, and reflects on how far the field has come since Eat Sleep Console first changed the way we think about caring for this population and their families.
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