Paracetamol in pregnancy and autism, reviews denying the link: “No correlation”

Consumption of paracetamol during pregnancy does not cause autism or ADHD in children. The results emerged after in-depth investigation review of scientific evidence about this alleged relationship, published in British Medical Journal. This topic has again received media attention after Donald Trump’s statements supporting a correlation between drugs and this disorder.

Study

Researchers fromUniversity of Liverpool conducted an analysis of 9 reviews on the topic (for a total of 40 studies reviewed) which showed how low the reliability of the results of these 9 reviews was. Therefore, experts suggest that any apparent effects observed in previous studies may be due to this genetic and environmental factors common in the family. Paracetamol is one of the most recommended medicines when you are pregnant and is considered safe by regulatory bodies around the world. The researchers conducted a high-level analysis of a large amount of data to evaluate the true correlation between the use of paracetamol during pregnancy and the risk of pregnancy. developing autism or ADHD in children. The classification criteria for overall confidence in the results are divided into: high, medium, low or very low. It found that overall confidence in the review’s findings was low (two reviews) or very low (seven reviews), leading the experts to conclude that ‘(there is) a lack of strong evidence linking paracetamol use in pregnancy to autism and ADHD in children’.

Donald Trump theory

Several months ago, the President of the United States raised this issue based on several studies. At that time the doctor had already done it refutes this statement. Claudio Giorlandinogynecologist and scientific director Altamedica Research Center in Romecommenting on these facts as follows: «The studies discussed by the President of the United States are observational based on biomarkers in umbilical cord blood or epidemiological analyzes that are not verified by case control. This is not the first time this has happened: just remember the vaccine case, which ended unfairly.”