Dr. Kapoor: Methadone OK for Pregnant Anna

31. I hope the "nutjob" sees this, I told you so. Taking methadone on your own is not a good thing, but when needed and under a doctor's care/control it can be used durning pregnancy and is the safest alternative. The babies are usually kept an extra week or two in the hospital (as a precaution) and monitored (yes, it can be addictive too...but it's a safer addiction), but many have none at all in their system. Again, would you prefer these people use illegal and unsafe street drugs...or get help (which includes methadone)?

Posted at 4:23AM on Feb 17th 2007 by Smarter than you....

32. 16# you say it as if she is a skeleton by now...if her body has been refrigerated since the day she was put in the morgue her body is still in pretty ok condition..now if left in the heat well of course then you would have a serious problem...and her body WAS embalmed today...the judge gave the OK.

Posted at 6:35PM on Feb 16th 2007 by natalie

33. Who is to say the Methadone was for ANS? Sure it was in her name but the waybill is in Howard K Sterns name. What else is new?

In case no one has noticed Howard K Stern is whacked out on drugs too. Just because he is a " nice Jewish boy", dont be deceived, Stern is high all the time. I know the signs.

Before Dannilynne was born, Larry Birkhead stated there were " people" enabling ANS to partake in dangerous behavior while pregnant. It was obvious he meant Stern.

Posted at 6:16PM on Feb 16th 2007 by kim

34. and also if this methadone thing wasn't such a big deal then why is this dr under scrutiny with the CA medical board...maybe because those doctors knew it was wrong giving her methadone way over in the bahamas under an assumed name which most people know is illegal because you can get drugs using a fake name and she probably wasn't under a drs watch is probably one of the other reasons.

Posted at 6:40PM on Feb 16th 2007 by natalie

35. Cranky Bitch..you are so FUCKING illiterate .What makes you think he is a terrorist and from Iraq? Go get some education before making stupid accusations. You need to go get some therapy for that cranky bitch attitude.

Posted at 6:38PM on Feb 16th 2007 by Sundance

36. Methadone while pregnant is negligent on everyone's part. Withdrawals from this medication can last up to 8 damn weeks. I hate to think what her poor child went through as far as withdrawals.

Yes mixing Methadone and crap like Klonapine is dangerous. I had a friend that died in her sleep after taking methadone cocktails. She left behind a good man and a 6 month old daughter.

I think methadone should be monitored for Opiate abusers only. Not flipped out as a pain medicine. In the name of God definitely not at the same time one takes depression medication. May as well swallow a bullet. It just does the job faster!!!

Mid

Posted at 6:42PM on Feb 16th 2007 by Bill

37. i agree with #6 and i do also think she ran to the bahamas because if that baby was born here in the states that child would have been taken away.

Posted at 6:46PM on Feb 16th 2007 by natalie

38. NO PATIENT would be prescribed 500ml of Methadone in any case. As I had said before on the subject, it was not the Methadone that is as much a problem for the doc as it is the DOSE. That much Methadone would be for a clinic or hospital.

Posted at 6:46PM on Feb 16th 2007 by libbyd

39. Are you f**king kidding me? lol Yeah, only if this was Puppetmaster Howard K. Stern paying off this quack to say such a thing, it could be "okay".

As I type this, I'm watching one of those idiotic ambulance-chaser local lawyer TV ads (you know, the type you see during daytime talk shows, like Edgar Synder on Erie locals). This one says if you are, or you know a pregnant woman who took Paxil (GSK) and that baby was born with birth defects (!!!), you should call this number on the screen for a class-action lawsuit. PAXIL, PEOPLE!!! And this doctor's saying it's okay to take Methadone while pregnant? Nuh-uh.

Seriously...... time to stick it to the greedy, faceless drug co.'s. And speaking of daytime talk shows... WTF's the deal w/ sell-out Montel Williams shilling that scam PPA "program" sponsored by above-mentioned drug companies?

Posted at 6:47PM on Feb 16th 2007 by Jacob Kasza (jacobkasza)

40. oops i meant CAN'T get drugs using an assumed name because it's illegal!

Posted at 6:49PM on Feb 16th 2007 by natalie

41. One more thing. We all seen her actions on TV. Her tounge would get so hard "Sthee Couldun't thalk"!!! In my opinion, any Doctor that didn't try to stop her and continued to give her scripts for this medication should face involuntary manslaughter, to include that leech trying to get her money..You know who the hell you are.. Hell awaits every damn one of you!

Mid AKA: HellsQuarter

Posted at 6:53PM on Feb 16th 2007 by Bill

42. lol #32.. #14 seems like a weirdo. did u read her post?

Posted at 6:52PM on Feb 16th 2007 by natalie

43. My question that hasn't been answered= was this doctor her OB/GYN provider or did she someone else and only used this doc as her Dr Feelgood. Being such an opiate addict demands large amounts of prescriptions. Who wrote those?

Posted at 6:53PM on Feb 16th 2007 by my opinion

44. THE PDA lists methadone a catagory C drug.
1. This medication may be harmful to an unborn baby.
It can cause addition or withdrawal symptoms if a mother takes methadone during pregnancy.
2. Methadone can be passed in breast milk.
3. What do they call the doctor who graduates last in his medical class? Doctor.

Posted at 6:55PM on Feb 16th 2007 by Paul

45. #'s 22 and 17...first of all...that is rediculous to say that she went out of the country to deliver so that the baby wouldn't be taken away from her...She was legally PRESCRIBED the MEDICATION. If she was on herion, and delivered the baby with that in her system, then yes they would take the baby away. There are babies born everyday to mothers on methadone. Are all u people that ignorant to the subject? If you are stop posting on subjects you know nothing about. If the doctor prescribed her the methadone for a reason other than it's use, then the doctor is negligent, they aren't going to take her baby away. Now to Natalie who asked "Why would I wanna take methadone?"...You wouldn't want to take methadone. Some people medically should, have to, is the lesser of two evils. If you were a drug addict addicted to opiates, found out that you were pregnant, you would want to take methadone. I'll say this again, withdrawing from opiates while pregnant can result in death for the fetus. Maintaining on methadone while pregnant is the lesser of two evils. Do I want to see any newborn withdrawing for methadone, god no, I know first hand what that's like. The point here is that there could be more trauma to the baby WITHOUT the methadone. 60% of babies born to mothers on methadone are born with out withdrawals. My heart breaks for the 40% that do...but I would rather my child go through withdrawals for 2 weeks then have birth defects because I was using heroin or popping 100 pills a day. There is NO evidence that supports methadone cause any kind of birth defects or damage to a baby. Anna was a drug addict. Addiction is a disease. She wasn't strong enough to get help. Honestly if I lived her life, I wouldn't either. I don't want to even think about the pain of losing a child. Stop trying to condemn her. NO ONE knows the whole story, including myself. All we know is what the media wants us to see. Just remember that. Don't be so quick to judge. No one knows what its like to be anyone else unless they've walked in their shoes.

Posted at 7:02PM on Feb 16th 2007 by Jen