PrivateRealm,
I'm new here, but I had to reply to your post. I am a nurse and a part of me wants to get really technical here, but I will say this....
Part of the effects will be determined per factors of the number of weeks she is pregnant and how much of the drug she is taking on a daily basis. None of what is going to happen has a positive that I can think of.
My heart wants me to tell you a quick tale...This is what happened to me. I was pregnant with my 2nd, my son, I had managed to pass numerous Kidney stones without meds. During the sixth through the ninth months I had ammassed a record number of stones and needed some relief as well as immediate surgery. I was scared to death. I had a total of 28 stoned while carrying him. The ob gave me a similar med.... I was relieved of pain with minimal doses, but still questioned my ob and myself every stupid pill I had to swallow. To cut it all short...the meds had a nasty side effect on me that I didn't care for, they made me nervous and felt very much like maybe ephedrine can make you feel. Well, I began to have alot of fluttering and kicking from the baby and thought maybe he was getting the same nervous effects from the med. In the end, I know that I was right. My son had done so many acrobatic moves in my tummy that he was born in distress with a cord around his neck and the thing I blame on myself is the "TRUE KNOT" he had. I think those meds made him be so overactive and turned and flipped in there until he got that cord knotted. There is a 98% fatality rate with true knots. They photographed me and the baby and the cord and it was whispered all over the maternity ward.
I think all the time that I should have never taken anything and that my son could very well have been deceased at birth.
It's a hard thing for your friend and I know for you too. Just keep passing all these stories and knowledge on to her.Maybe she will heed someone's advice eventually or she will face a judge and then have to face herself for the rest of her life in that mirror.
Please know I am just trying to help and pass along my personal experience with taking a Narcotic during pregnancy. I hope she makes a decision soon.
Good Luck to you.
-K-