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What Are The Risks When Methamphetamine Consumption Has Stopped 6 Weeks Before Pregnancy?
Question: If a young woman has been a heavy crystal meth user, but quit 6 weeks prior to getting pregnant, are there potential risks?
Brief Answer:
no apparent risk to foetus as of now.
Detailed Answer:
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There are many aspect which dictate the metabolism of crystal meth in the body:-
1. The individual's tolerance to methamphetamine: this refers to how frequent the user has ingested crystal meth and their general physical health at the time. Consistent drug users are normally found with higher tolerances.
2. The manner in which it is ingested: different ways of ingestion take different amounts of time for the body to process the methamphetamine. Snorting typically takes one to four days. Smoking crystal meth can take anywhere from three to five days to leave your system. When users use crystal meth intravenously, the drug will typically stay in their system for a minimum of 72 horus.
It can be detected in the following:-
1. Urine: normally stays for 3 to 5 days starting 2-5 hours after use
2. Blood: normally stays for 1 to 3 days starting (depends on form of ingestion) 2 hours
3. Saliva (swab test): normally stays for 1 to 4 days starting 10 minutes after use
4. Hair: normally stays 90 days on standard consumer hair test. Longer when lab test.
So considering that she had been a smoker and a heavy user 6 weeks prior to having conceived, it is still safe to consider that baby should be free of any congenital defects of meth use. However it is advised that regular TAB FOLIC ACID 5mg intake should be continued till 14 weeks of gestation to furtehr reduce any such chances.
Regards
no apparent risk to foetus as of now.
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for the quey to hcm,
There are many aspect which dictate the metabolism of crystal meth in the body:-
1. The individual's tolerance to methamphetamine: this refers to how frequent the user has ingested crystal meth and their general physical health at the time. Consistent drug users are normally found with higher tolerances.
2. The manner in which it is ingested: different ways of ingestion take different amounts of time for the body to process the methamphetamine. Snorting typically takes one to four days. Smoking crystal meth can take anywhere from three to five days to leave your system. When users use crystal meth intravenously, the drug will typically stay in their system for a minimum of 72 horus.
It can be detected in the following:-
1. Urine: normally stays for 3 to 5 days starting 2-5 hours after use
2. Blood: normally stays for 1 to 3 days starting (depends on form of ingestion) 2 hours
3. Saliva (swab test): normally stays for 1 to 4 days starting 10 minutes after use
4. Hair: normally stays 90 days on standard consumer hair test. Longer when lab test.
So considering that she had been a smoker and a heavy user 6 weeks prior to having conceived, it is still safe to consider that baby should be free of any congenital defects of meth use. However it is advised that regular TAB FOLIC ACID 5mg intake should be continued till 14 weeks of gestation to furtehr reduce any such chances.
Regards
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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