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Acetaminophen is also known as paracetamol and by the brand name Tylenol. It is used as a pain reliever and fever reducer and is often bundled into other medications. It has been in the news the last few years because of the risk of overdose and liver damage, and a lot of combination children's medicines that include it have been removed from the market because of the risk that parents may not understand and may overdose the child with the combination medicine and a separate dose of acetaminophen.
the researchers discovered that a mother using acetaminophen at 18 weeks of pregnancy was associated with a greater chance of her child becoming hyperactive or developing conduct problems. At 32 weeks into pregnancy, a mother's use of acetaminophen was linked to higher odds of her child having emotional symptoms, conduct problems and hyperactivity symptoms.
"It is important to note there are no studies demonstrating a causal link between acetaminophen use during pregnancy and adverse effects on child development," said Marc Boston, a spokesman for McNeil Consumer Healthcare, the maker of Tylenol.
Acetaminophen has long been considered safe for use during pregnancy.
(Score: 2) by HiThere on Thursday August 18 2016, @07:08PM
Acetaminophen doesn't work for me either, but for many people it apparently does. You can't assume that just because a drug doesn't work for you it doesn't work for anyone, people's internal chemistries are different.
For me the most effective NSAID is aspirin. Unfortunately it also tends to cause nose bleeds (which means it makes me more likely to get one of the kinds of stroke). So I use ibuprofen. It doesn't work quite as well, but so far it doesn't seem to cause many problems at the dosage I take.
The real problem is that there *IS* no decent pain killer. NONE. They all are either minimally effective or have undesired side effects. (Sometimes some of the effects are pleasant, but when what you're after is a pain killer, any side effect is undesirable...even were it something as minor as making it easy to tan.) As I get older I wish increasingly that there WERE a decent pain killer, but wishes aren't reality...so I either tough it out or use ibuprofen of alcohol. (Alcohol tends to slightly increase inflammation, so it's generally a poor choice except for extremely sporadic occasions, or where one wants one of the side effects.)
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(Score: 1) by Francis on Thursday August 18 2016, @09:05PM
So do sugar pills, but unlike sugar pills, acetaminophen kills thousands every year.