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Mothering over meds: Docs say common treatment for opioid-exposed babies isn’t necessary

Amid what has been called the fourth wave of the opioid epidemic, doctors and researchers are replacing the old drug regimen with the simplest care: parenting.

David Baltierra, a family physician and former director of West Virginia University’s Rural Family Medicine Residency Program, and his colleagues have been training residents to use an Eat, Sleep, Console approach for a decade. (Taylor Sisk for KFF Health News/TNS)
David Baltierra, a family physician and former director of West Virginia University’s Rural Family Medicine Residency Program, and his colleagues have been training residents to use an Eat, Sleep, Console approach for a decade. (Taylor Sisk for KFF Health News/TNS)
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Amid what has been called the fourth wave of the opioid epidemic, doctors and researchers are replacing the old drug regimen with the simplest care: parenting.

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