In “Science Now,” the Los Angeles Times (8/15, Healy) reports that a study published online Aug. 15 in JAMA Pediatrics associates acetaminophen with “behavioral problems in children born to mothers who used it during pregnancy.”
The findings of the 7,796-mother study revealed that “compared to women who reported no acetaminophen use at 18 weeks of pregnancy, those who took the medication at that point of gestation were 42% more likely to report hyperactivity and 31% more likely to report conduct problems in the children they bore.”
Expectant mothers who took the medicine “at 32 weeks of pregnancy were 29% more likely than women who did not to report emotional difficulties in their child at age seven.”
Related Links:
— “Acetaminophen use in pregnancy linked to kids’ behavioral problems,” Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times, August 15, 2016.