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#438 - 🔵 [PAS 2026] - Eat, Sleep, Console at Two Years: Long-Term Outcomes for Opioid-Exposed Infants (ft. Dr. Ward Rice)
10 minutes Posted Apr 25, 2026 at 5:00 pm.
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Send us Fan Mail Dr. Ward Rice, neonatologist and researcher within the Neonatal Research Network, presents two-year follow-up data from the landmark ACT NOW Eat Sleep Console trial — one of the largest multi-center randomized trials ever conducted on neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome. He shares findings on neurodevelopmental and behavioral outcomes at two years of age in babies exposed to buprenorphine versus methadone in utero, explaining why the short-term advantages of buprenorphine did...