Associations between paracetamol (acetaminophen) intake between 18 and 32 weeks gestation and neurocognitive outcomes in the child: A longitudinal cohort study.
Karen BirminghamSteven GregoryRosie ClarkGenette EllisYasmin Iles-CavenKate NorthstonePublished in: Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology (2019)
If paracetamol use in mid-to-late pregnancy has an adverse effect on child neurocognitive outcome, it appears to mainly relate to the pre-school period. It is important that these results be tested using other datasets or methodologies before assuming that they are causal.