Acetaminophen should be investigated for possible risks to developing fetuses, experts say

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Anonymous wrote:Acetaminophen is actually a somewhat dangerous drug because it's easy to overdose on it, which can lead to liver damage. Each year, over 600 Americans require liver transplants caused by overdosing themselves. It makes sense to be very careful about using it doing pregnancy.

Many years ago my dad was at a medical conference and went to a presentation on acetaminophen research. The consensus was that it would never be approved today as an OTC drug and that it is particularly risky for women to take because they can easily sustain liver damage on it. I have never taken it since.

I cannot take NSAIDS and I have taken acetaminophen 2000mg/day for pain and my liver is fine and I have zero ill effects.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I love when people share this kind of information. Just like food recalls. I don't spend my days checking for this stuff. It needs to be shared. Spread the knowledge

+1. I never believed it when my doctor said I could take acetaminophen while pregnant, and my pregnancies were almost 20 years ago.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love when people share this kind of information. Just like food recalls. I don't spend my days checking for this stuff. It needs to be shared. Spread the knowledge

+1. I never believed it when my doctor said I could take acetaminophen while pregnant, and my pregnancies were almost 20 years ago.

JFC this is why we have a vaccination crisis in our country. Did you go to medical school? Listen to your DOCTORS people. You do not know better than they do!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love when people share this kind of information. Just like food recalls. I don't spend my days checking for this stuff. It needs to be shared. Spread the knowledge

+1. I never believed it when my doctor said I could take acetaminophen while pregnant, and my pregnancies were almost 20 years ago.

JFC this is why we have a vaccination crisis in our country. Did you go to medical school? Listen to your DOCTORS people. You do not know better than they do!

Also, if you have college age kids please get off the expecting mother board.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for sharing! It’s important to be vigilant and self advocate. Doctors and regulatory agencies have been wrong before and will be wrong again so we must use common sense and weigh research like this when making health decisions. I’m also choosing to opt out of coffee and caffeinated tea when pregnant after reading some new research around the topic:
- NIH study: https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/moderate-daily-caffeine-intake-during-pregnancy-may-lead-smaller-birth-size

And to one of the PPs, avoiding caffeinated beverages and/or Tylenol while pregnant is not the equivalent to not getting vaccinated against COVID.

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Anonymous wrote:Please stop.

Why?? I have a physician friend who was just talking about this over the weekend. She was surprised considering how often Tylenol is recommended for pregnant women. Thank you OP for bringing this to our attention.

[Anonymous]

A new reason to avoid Tylenol, on top of my existing reason for avoiding it: it is worthless and has never once had an effect on any headache I've ever had.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thanks for sharing! It’s important to be vigilant and self advocate. Doctors and regulatory agencies have been wrong before and will be wrong again so we must use common sense and weigh research like this when making health decisions. I’m also choosing to opt out of coffee and caffeinated tea when pregnant after reading some new research around the topic:
- NIH study: https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/moderate-daily-caffeine-intake-during-pregnancy-may-lead-smaller-birth-size

And to one of the PPs, avoiding caffeinated beverages and/or Tylenol while pregnant is not the equivalent to not getting vaccinated against COVID.

Wow you really have reading comprehension issues. Deciding to disregard the advice of your doctor and do what you want is very much similar to not getting a recommended vaccine.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Please stop.

Why?? I have a physician friend who was just talking about this over the weekend. She was surprised considering how often Tylenol is recommended for pregnant women. Thank you OP for bringing this to our attention.

1. There is no evidence of a link
2. There is a HYPOTHESIS that there MIGHT be a link between HEAVY usage
3. It is recommended for pregnant women because it is the safest known alternative. Everything has a risk. What you are suggesting is that women should just suck it up and suffer though pain rather than take the safest option. This is internalized misogyny at work.

[Anonymous]

I posted a few weeks ago about having to take a high dose of antibiotics this is the stuff that worries me, learning about medication being crappy later on.

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Anonymous wrote:I posted a few weeks ago about having to take a high dose of antibiotics this is the stuff that worries me, learning about medication being crappy later on.

This is what posts like this do to vulnerable pregnant women. Freak them out and make them feel guilty for no reason. Congrats OP.

[Anonymous]

A good OBGYN tells their patients which meds are safe, and what doses they should take.

My “baby” is 12years old now, and my midwife told me that for headaches I could take Tylenol, but only regular strength - never tylenol PM, never “extra strength”, and she told me how much was safe.

No one has ever suggested that women should take large doses of any medicine while pregnant without their doctors advice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Please stop.

Why?? I have a physician friend who was just talking about this over the weekend. She was surprised considering how often Tylenol is recommended for pregnant women. Thank you OP for bringing this to our attention.

1. There is no evidence of a link
2. There is a HYPOTHESIS that there MIGHT be a link between HEAVY usage
3. It is recommended for pregnant women because it is the safest known alternative. Everything has a risk. What you are suggesting is that women should just suck it up and suffer though pain rather than take the safest option. This is internalized misogyny at work.

And also pregnant women need it as a fever reducer since fever carries risks for babies.

This is going to give pregnant women even more anxiety, since they’ll feel either way, they’re harming their baby. More stress is the last thing mothers need.

[Anonymous]

OTOH, the idea that pregnant women should not be given information because it might stress them out strikes me as misogynistic. Some women like information and being able to research and assess potential risks and benefits. Telling me not to worry my little head about it because the doctor would tell me what I could do or not was not comforting to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OTOH, the idea that pregnant women should not be given information because it might stress them out strikes me as misogynistic. Some women like information and being able to research and assess potential risks and benefits. Telling me not to worry my little head about it because the doctor would tell me what I could do or not was not comforting to me.

Except that this information doesn't really mean anything. There is no evidence.