New studies prove that Paracetamol is not contraindicated for pregnant women

This Tuesday (9), research was published in Jama magazine regarding the use of paracetamol during pregnancy and eliminates any possibility of increasing the risk of babies being born with ADHD, autism or any other type of intellectual disability.

Effect of paracetamol during pregnancy

The old study compared pregnancies that had the medicine and those that did not and saw that there was evidence of risks, but the recent research analyzed the medical records of children born between 1995 and 2019 and, contradicting the research carried out previously, The conclusion of the current study was that the active ingredient in Tylenol is not responsible for any neurodevelopmental risks.

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Origin of studies

The study that was carried out by scientists from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden and Drexel University is very relevant and superior to the previous one, as it takes into account genetic and environmental factors that eliminate variables that distort the conclusion of clinical experiments.

Eric Brenner, assistant professor of pediatrics at Duke University, who was not involved in the research, says that, in control studies between siblings, the authors of the research, better control environmental factors that many scholars are not yet aware of and, states that, all The participants and the sibling analysis are one of the strengths of the study.

“This is a very large, well-designed study that found no association between acetaminophen use and neurodevelopmental impairment, including autism and ADHD,” says Brenner via email from news outlet CNN.

It has been proven that the greatest risk of developing neurological disorders is genetics, says a study that reported the discovery of parents with disorders and who often use painkillers like the one in question, which is why the study has drawn wrong conclusions.

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