“…Antenatal exposure to opioids is reported to adversely affect fetal brain development, primarily the developing oligodendrocyte and the processes of myelination (white matter microstructure), connectivity between parts of the brain, and the size of multiple brain regions, including the basal ganglia, thalamus, and cerebellar white matter 3 . This is clinically observed as smaller head circumferences at birth in opioid-exposed infants, regardless of type of maternal opioid exposure 4,5 . Additionally, there is concern for an association between prenatal opioid exposure and alterations in neurocognitive development and risk for ophthalmic diagnoses [6][7][8] .…”