Findings from the Eating, Sleeping and Consoling for Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal (ESC-NOW) study show that the ESC approach is more effective than  usual care approaches for opioid-exposed infants.

Eat, Sleep, Console promotes parental engagement and gives special attention to non-medication care methods like breastfeeding, swaddling, and skin-to-skin contact. The usual treatment for NOWS focuses on a nurse measuring the infant’s withdrawal symptoms before providing medication treatment, such as methadone or morphine.

Learn more: https://www.addictionpolicy.org/post/new-study-identifies-a-more-effective-way-to-care-for-newborns-exposed-to-opioids?mkt_tok=NzczLU1KRi0zNzkAAAGL7bzoblis_XtEc8FyuOXnFwf4LD8VhhuGvotQqzN9henYvLxAzZw-FgCE2hLPZPcOyP8wgIa5XPs2iqSSs4nc_JV9wnD3QhoXF72ObqgZmqs