Acetaminophen use in pregnancy linked to child's behavioral problems
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Re: Acetaminophen use in pregnancy linked to child's behavioral problems
#2Or, people with headaches produce offspring with headaches, but kids don't know they have headaches and just get angry and act out
Re: Acetaminophen use in pregnancy linked to child's behavioral problems
#3Or, people with headaches produce offspring with headaches, but kids don't know they have headaches and just get angry and act out
Certainly plausible, and the article itself makes some attempt to discount the certainty of a causative link (though not 'til the end, so not everyone who reads it will necessarily get that far).
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#4Or, people with headaches produce offspring with headaches, but kids don't know they have headaches and just get angry and act out
From the article: "They looked for a link between a child’s behavioral problems at age 7 and his or her mother’s post-natal acetaminophen use, and found none. They looked for a link between a child’s behavioral problems at age 7 and acetaminophen use by the mother’s partner during pregnancy. Again, they found no association."
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#5Or, people with headaches produce offspring with headaches, but kids don't know they have headaches and just get angry and act out
> They looked for a link between a child’s behavioral problems at age 7 and acetaminophen use by the mother’s partner during pregnancy
They thought about that. Doesn't look like it.
Re: Acetaminophen use in pregnancy linked to child's behavioral problems
#6Or, people with headaches produce offspring with headaches, but kids don't know they have headaches and just get angry and act out
Didn't read the article?
Re: Acetaminophen use in pregnancy linked to child's behavioral problems
#7That would somewhat explain the rise of prevalence of ADHD.
(My mother didn't take acetaminophen during her pregnancy. Still have adult ADD. Unlucky me.)
Re: Acetaminophen use in pregnancy linked to child's behavioral problems
#8OK well I'm not pregnant but I've been downing tonnes of these things for a sprained ankle recently. I don't like doing it as they are hepatoxic to some extent, and would prefer codeine, but the authorities make it too hard to get your hands on in most countries. Grr.
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#9A.k.a. paracetamol, Tylenol. If validated, the implications of this finding are potentially quite troubling.
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#10"Finding a link between acetaminophen use during pregnancy and an outcome affecting the child is no proof that acetaminophen is the cause of the outcome. But the authors contend that the study results do heighten concerns that fetal exposure to acetaminophen can give rise to neurodevelopmental problems." This study and its results are misleading. The scope & method aren't good for the conclusion. It doesn't answer whether people should use tylernol while pregnant or how much can they consume.