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Can having a heavy narcotic using mother effect melanoma?
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Nope: No relationship between maternal opiate use and the development of melanoma. Major risk factor is number of times you have been sunburned.
Answered 8/11/2016
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No: There's no evidence that this would increase your own risk for melanoma.
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