Of these, 41.7% of women reported using acetaminophen during pregnancy. Women were surveyed once during their pregnancies about their medication use and frequency and stress levels.
The researchers used data from a study of more than 2,400 women who had never given birth before and followed them and their children from the third trimester of pregnancy to 3 years postpartum.
More research is needed so appropriate recommendations can be made to pregnant people." "While the medication may provide relief in the moment, research increasingly indicates there may be downstream effects that could be detrimental to child development. "Pregnant people experience pain, fever and other ailments that could be alleviated through the use of acetaminophen," said Sznajder, a Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences researcher. Sznajder said their new study confirms these trends and was also the first to observe an association between acetaminophen use during pregnancy and child sleep challenges. However, according to Kristin Sznajder, assistant professor of public health sciences and lead author, emerging studies support the idea that this drug may affect child development and may be associated with attention problems. Traditionally, the medication has been considered by medical professionals to be safe for use during pregnancy. Acetaminophen is a common drug used to treat a variety of issues, including fever, infection, muscle pain, headache, migraine, colds and allergies.
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