r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Feb 21 '25

Neuroscience The risk of developing ADHD was 3 times higher among children whose mothers used the pain-relief drug acetaminophen (paracetamol) during pregnancy. The association was stronger among daughters, with the daughters of acetaminophen-exposed mothers showing a 6.16 times higher likelihood of ADHD.

https://newsroom.uw.edu/news-releases/child-adhd-risk-linked-to-mothers-use-of-acetaminophen
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u/circular_file Feb 21 '25

A study about this was published in Norway exactly 16 years ago. Ask my why I know......

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u/Timbukthree Feb 21 '25

Okay I'll bite, why do you know?

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u/antiduh Feb 21 '25

That's when they were gregnant, and now their kid is 16.

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u/Timbukthree Feb 21 '25

I don't see how that follows, something like 65% of women use Tylenol in pregnancy. AFAIK the Norway study actually showed there was no correlation is why I asked.

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u/tauriwoman Feb 22 '25

Yep, when I was researching about this ten years ago (also surprise surprise guess why) this was already known. And I subsequently avoided absolutely any and all medicine. I still do if possible.