Posted on 02/17/2023 9:59:45 AM PST by aimhigh
Exposure to acetaminophen in the womb may increase a child’s risk for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder, suggests a study funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality. The study was conducted by Xiaobing Wang, M.D., of the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, and colleagues. It appears in JAMA Psychiatry.
Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is marked by a pattern of hyperactivity and impulsive behavior. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex developmental disorder that affects how a person behaves, interacts with others and learns.
Researchers analyzed data from the Boston Birth Cohort, a long-term study of factors influencing pregnancy and child development. They collected umbilical cord blood from 996 births and measured the amount of acetaminophen and two of its byproducts in each sample. By the time the children were an average of 8.9 years, 25.8% had been diagnosed with ADHD only, 6.6% with ASD only and 4.2% with ADHD and ASD. The researchers classified the amount of acetaminophen and its byproducts in the samples into thirds, from lowest to highest. Compared to the lowest third, the middle third of exposure was associated with about 2.26 times the risk for ADHD. The highest third of exposure was associated with 2.86 times the risk. Similarly, ASD risk was higher for those in the middle third (2.14 times) and highest third (3.62 times).
The authors conclude that their results support earlier studies linking acetaminophen exposure in the womb with ADHD and ASD and underscore the need for additional research. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration urges careful consideration(link is external) before using any pain-relieving medication during pregnancy.
NIH funding for the study was provided by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
Acetaminophen screws around with the endocannabinoid system.
One doctor I know says it’s not worth a warm bucket of piss.
He’s right but the pharmaceutical companies seem to put it in everything they possibly can.
I wonder if giving children tylenol instead of aspirin for fever might also pla a role. Doctors started recommending against aspirin for children in the 80s because of the link to Reye’s syndrome, which is a rare but nasty event following viral infection, a third dead, a third seriously damaged.
Interesting... from 2019. Not complaining, but I’m curious why this came to mind now?
I stumbled across it recently, and had never seen it in the press.
Acetaminophen/Tylenol can cause grown adults to pass out flat on the floor. No telling what it does to children and fetuses.
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