March 11 (UPI) —<\/span> Use of tobacco, opioids, alcohol and other substances during pregnancy increases the risk that newborns will develop attention-deficit\/hyperactivity disorder as they age, a study published Friday by JAMA Network Open found.<\/p>\n Children whose mothers used opioids during pregnancy, for example, had more than double the risk for attention-deficit\/hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, compared to those whose mothers avoided the drugs, the data showed.\n<\/p>\n<\/article>\n Opioids include prescription pain medications such as oxycontin and morphine, as well as illegal drugs such as heroin and opium, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse.<\/p>\n People who used more than one substance during pregnancy, combining tobacco and marijuana or opioids and alcohol, for example, raised their child’s risk for developing ADHD by nearly 50%, the researchers said.\n<\/p>\n This “study found that any increase in the number of substances used during [pregnancy] was associated with increases in the risk of developing ADHD in later childhood,” wrote researchers from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, among others.<\/p>\n “Exposures to opioids combined with cannabis and opioids combined with tobacco smoking were of particular concern,” they said.<\/p>\n However, combining alcohol with any of these substances also increased the risk, they added.\n<\/p>\n Earlier studies have linked gestational diabetes, or diabetes developed during pregnancy, with increased risk for ADHD, among other mental health disorders, in children.<\/p>\n ADHD is a neurodevelopmental disorder that causes inattention, hyperactivity and poor impulse control, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.<\/p>\n Some people with ADHD also have difficulty regulating emotions and problems with learning and memory, the agency says.\n<\/p>\n At least 6 million children in the United States have been diagnosed with ADHD, the CDC estimates, and their symptoms can continue into adulthood, even with treatment.<\/p>\n The findings of this study are based on an analysis of data for more than 3,100 children and their mothers, the researchers said.<\/p>\n Just under 500 of the children, or 16%, were diagnosed with ADHD at some point during childhood, according to the researchers.<\/p>\n Roughly one in four of the mothers in the study reported using at least one substance during pregnancy, though this figure was higher — just over 30% — among those whose children developed ADHD, the data showed.<\/p>\n Tobacco and alcohol were the most common substances used during pregnancy among the study participants, the researchers said.<\/p>\n Marijuana use during pregnancy increased the risk for ADHD among children by more than 40%, while alcohol consumption boosted the risk by 15%, they said.\n<\/p>\n “These findings have public health implications for addressing polysubstance exposure among children during [pregnancy],” the researchers wrote.<\/p>\n “Future work is needed to identify potential mechanisms through which substances interact,” they said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Substance use during pregnancy may increase the child’s risk for later developing ADHD, according to a new study. 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