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WELLNESS and Gynecology and the American Society of Addiction Medicine endorse this treatment as the best evidence-based practice for reducing the risk of relapse during pregnancy. Since each mother has different needs, the treatment is individualized. Project CARA also helps with supportive services that may include transportation to appointments. Babies born with neonatal abstinence syndrome experience withdrawal symptoms, including tremors, seizures, irritability and diarrhea. The National Institute on Drug Abuse says that women treated with buprenorphine and methadone carried their babies longer and gave birth to infants with less severe symptoms, a shorter treatment time and a higher average weight at birth. “Relapse is part of all chronic medical conditions,” Ramage says. “I compare it to someone with diabetes who splurges on sugary foods or someone with high blood pressure not taking prescribed medication. You would never say those people had failed; instead, you would help them move forward.” The N.C. General Assembly recently authorized $31 million to combat
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the opioid epidemic, and the agencies partnering on Project CARA hope to apply some of those funds to help pregnant women. Nationwide, health care costs associated with maternal opioid use and hospital stays to treat neonatal abstinence syndrome total $1.5 billion annually, and 81 percent of that amount is paid by state Medicaid funds, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. “Success is different for every woman,” Gannon says. “For some of our patients, success is going home from the hospital with their baby. For others, it’s having extended family care for their baby while they build a stronger foundation in recovery. Whatever their goals are, we help them create a plan that supports them.” Denise Weegar, director of Women’s Recovery Center, says that Project CARA has had good results, with many mothers going home with their babies and sustaining their recovery after childbirth. Being treated with dignity and respect helps them heal. Receiving services through Project CARA also helps demonstrate mothers’ commitment to recovery, which can help them keep their families intact if social
service agencies become involved in their lives. “Women are active participants in their own plans here,” Weegar says. “We hear over and over that it’s the first time some of the women realize that they are worthy of care themselves. We build relationships, so each person can find a way back here when they’re ready.” Weegar says that Project CARA has been the starting point for many recovery journeys. She has been in her own recovery while supporting other women in theirs for more than 25 years. FINDING HER TRIBE When a person walks away from drug use, she often has walked away from her circle of friends, too. Besides helping her through two pregnancies, Project CARA has helped Leigh find community support. “I now have a tribe of support with my fiancée, aunts, uncles, grandparents and friends,” Leigh says. “A lot of good came with me being willing to talk about my substance-use disorder. Every day that I wake up sober and healthy, a mom taking care of my family, is another opportunity to rebuild trust.”
GETTING HELP Half of the pregnant women with substance-use disorders treated by MAHEC are from Buncombe County, while half are from the other 15 counties MAHEC serves. Because the project has been active for only three years, longitudinal data for the women’s and children’s outcomes are not yet available. WOMEN’S SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT SERVICES Project CARA 828-771-5500 ADATC 828-257-6200 Mary Benson House 828-252-5280 Women’s Recovery Center 828-350-8343 Perinatal Substance Use Project 800-688-4232
INTEGRATED OB/GYN SERVICES
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Project CARA 828-771-5500
C3356 Comprehensive Care Center 828-254-2700
CLEAN NEEDLE EXCHANGE AND NALOXONE The Steady Collective thesteadycollective.org Needle Exchange of Asheville at WNCAP 828-252-7489 wncap.org/nepa
Vaya Health 800-849-6127 Mobile Crisis Management 888-573-1006
PEER SUPPORT SERVICES Sunrise Community 828-552-3858 Vaya Health 800-849-6127