Our Services
If you are dependent on opiates, including heroin, morphine, codeine, Oxycontin, Dilaudid, methadone and others, we can prescribe Suboxone®. This medication may help you have less severe withdrawal symptoms and make it easier for you to taper off as part of recovery. If you are prescribed this medication, you must participate in weekly substance abuse group-counseling therapy and see your prescribing physician weekly.
If your care includes prescription-based medication stabilization, you are required to participate in weekly, hour-long group counseling sessions guided by a certified substance abuse counselor. Topics include issues specific to preparing for the birth of your baby and working toward recovery, including empowerment, self-esteem and relationships.
You’ll receive weekly intensive prenatal care, including a urine drug screen, obstetric exam, and discussions about medications, life stressors and other concerns. If needed, we’ll refer you to counselors and social workers.
We’ll monitor your baby’s progress with high-frequency sound waves (no radiation), and state-of-the-art technologies. We’ll evaluate baby’s size, position and development as part of diagnosing developmental abnormalities.
Because Hepatitis C and HIV are the two of the most common infectious diseases related to drug addiction, we collaborate with a team of Ohio State’s infectious disease physicians to coordinate any special care you may need during pregnancy. We also participate in NIH-funded research in conjunction with Nationwide Children’s Hospital to better understand Hepatitis C and pregnancy.
Together with neonatologists from Nationwide Children's Hospital NICU at Ohio State, we coordinate care to meet your baby’s special needs. Your baby is cared for during his or her own period of withdrawal, and receives treatment for any complications that may arise.