Anyone worried about this?

Married2MrWright

Acetaminophen tied to childhood wheezing and allergies

https://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100813/hl_nm/us_tylenol_allergies#mwpphu-container

We've been giving acetaminophen to Libby at night to help her teething pain.  The homeopathic stuff (amber necklace or teething strips) helps during the day, but once the sun sets something happens and it seems to really affect her pain levels.  She'll cry when she nurses because her mouth is hurting!  So we give her 0.8mL of acetaminophen before bed if it's bad...turns out that is HALF of the recommended dosage for her weight (1.6 mL) but it works well enough to quell her pain and get her to sleep.  With the branded recall, we've been using the Walgreen's version...

Anyway, anyone worried about this?  Or could it be that kids who receive Tylenol as toddlers/babies may have had respiratory infections, etc. that contribute to the asthma and not the medicine itself causing it?

redshoegirl

Whenever I read these studies, I always wonder - are they SURE it was the acetaminophen? Were those same kids kept indoors more often, or possibly had parents who were allergy/asthma prone (and thus maybe more likely to turn to drugs as a solution since they're used to taking them themselves)? Or, as you said, maybe it's linked to respiratory infections?

I'm not saying it's untrue - obviously I'm not a doctor or a researcher lol - I just wonder if other links get overlooked (for example, I read once that the "glass of red wine a day is good for your heart" study wasn't very accurate because the group of people who do that ALSO tend to exercise regularly and eat healthy food - does the wine hurt? No, but it's unlikely that it's solely responsible for healthier hearts).