Posted on 08/15/2016 5:15:49 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Worse than being born under islam or ghetto values? I doubt it but carry on....
So what manufacturer for ibuprophen lobbied for this ‘study’?
Yes. I’m that cynical.
absent father 98.2%
It could be due to the genetics of the moms “needing” to take drugs passing on some (other) bad genetics or nurturing failures to their progeny.
Another thing for pregnant women to worry about.
I’m glad I had my kids when I did-—about 48-54 years ago.
.
Increased chances of liberal parents raising a transgender kid?
I’m waiting for that study.
And fever could affect brain development. The women are not taking acetaminophen randomly; they are taking it because of a medical issue. And it could be the medical issue that is causing the problems, not the acetaminophen.
This is a problem with many studies. The study authors latch on to something, assume correlation=causation, and stop there. The actual cause may actually be something completely different.
Yup most likely
I was recently pregnant. I avoided taking everything but I did occasionally take a Tylenol but that was only when I couldn’t tolerate something any longer, usually a headache.
Now if my kid has a meltdown I’ll know who to blame ;-p
Well, if they shouldn’t take acetaminophen for their hangovers, what can they take?
“Well, if they shouldnt take acetaminophen for their hangovers, what can they take?”
Thalidomide
“It could be due to the genetics of the moms needing to take drugs..”
Even without the genetics link (which is overused IMHO), you are absolutely correct that this could be an association based on some behavioral, or socioeconomic issue related to the mothers using analgesics during pregnancy. It’s not a value judgment. Just a potential association to consider. On the other hand, this could just be more ‘true, true, unrelated’ observational data of limited significance.
As an aside, there was a study in mice in which a gene deletion led to ‘neurotic’ mouse mothers. There offspring were also neurotic, and this was attributed to the gene deletion, but then it was noted that offspring without the gene deletion also wound up exhibiting ‘neurotic’ behaviors, presumably because they were exposed to the neurotic mothers. Nature and nurture both matter.
There = their..
A little unfair to moms. Pregnant women have been told for years that Tylenol is safe and it is recommended for a whole variety of issues. I can’t think of a 9 month spell that I didn’t take something for a headache, sprain or malaise.
I find it hard to believe they could control for all other differences between these women.
Seriously, acetaminophen is a deadly poison, and is lethal to many animals, especially mammals and reptiles. That, in small doses it acts as an analgesic in *humans* doesn’t change this basic fact.
“Acetaminophen overdose sends as many as 78,000 Americans to the emergency room annually and results in 33,000 hospitalizations, and 300 deaths a year, federal data shows. Acetaminophen is also the nations leading cause of acute liver failure.”
Yes, when properly used, it makes a fine analgesic. However I would *never* give it to a pregnant woman or a young child.
Maybe these women also have a tendency not to parent very well or have fathers around. It’s real convenient to focus on an inanimate object to blame childrens behaviors on. I would say its probsbly not a comprehensive enough picture study to just say its the thing responsible for bad kids.
“It could be due to the genetics of the moms needing to take drugs passing on some (other) bad genetics or nurturing failures to their progeny.”
My thinking also. It could be as simple as people intolerant to the behavior of children take a lot of headache medications. Or, not. Who knows.
Lots of questions if this is true.
For examle the doase was not clatified.. if you took one tylenol, or do you take 12 a day for chronic migraines? Women with stress or migaines could have more ADHD kids.
did you take it for hangovers? Fetal alcohol syndrome causes ADHD?
and what do they mean by ADHD.? Yes, this syndrome exists but nowadays it is greatly overdiagnosed.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.