Acetaminophen (Tylenol) Harmful for Babies

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by Jennifer Margulis, Ph.D.
Health Impact News

What if Tylenol is MORE Dangerous After the Baby’s Born?

An article in the New York Times this week warns that prenatal use of acetaminophen—the main ingredient in Tylenol—has been linked to an increased risk of asthma and attention disorders in children whose mothers took the drug.

Acetaminophen is found in over 600 over-the-counter and prescription medications. Petra Arck, professor of fetal-maternal medicine at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, whose rodent experiments have found that acetaminophen stresses the liver and alters the placenta in pregnant mice, told …read more

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