Tylenol Recall - Paracetamol is safe during pregnancy?

Today I wanted to write about paracetamol in pregnancy, a discussion that has been at the forefront of recent product recalls of Tylenol ® and the combination of Tylenol products. This recall is perplexed and confused my patients, and many others, about the safety of swallowing this simple painkillers. We must be especially cautious now because we are still in the midst of a seasonal flu and swine flu, which is particularly riskypregnant women.

The news is reporting the contamination of a compound called 2,4,6-tribromoanisole. This seems to be the result of a chemical produced when some fungicides (mold inhibitor) used wooden pallets used to make products to treat the transfer of production. The health effects of eating and breathing the contaminated products are not known, but for the safety of both the mother and the unborn, pregnant women should be careful and check the product McNeil Recallparticular batch number batch. We must all ensure that contaminated capsules and gel-cards are not to be taken during pregnancy.

The following information refers only Tylenol in its pure form, which has traces of chemical contamination.

What should I do during pregnancy and need help from flu symptoms, fever, headache, headache, muscle aches and the like?

Acetaminophen is used one of the most popular drugs in America and abroad, to reduce feverand to control pain. Vitamins are perhaps the only prescription medications that are used more frequently by pregnant women. Acetaminophen is used alone or in combination with antihistamines and decongestants sold in most common cold preparations, and is much more common aspirin be taken by pregnant women. Acetaminophen overdose is one of the most common in pregnancy. Normal recommended dose is 1,000 mg every four hours, but acetaminophen in high doses canlead to liver toxicity and fetal death, perhaps because it is metabolized in the liver and readily crosses the placenta to reach the fetus.

The data on the safety of paracetamol is sparse until a recent study, in January 2010 was in gynecology and obstetrics of Feldkamp, collected data from the National Birth Defects Prevention Study. There were telephone interviews with mothers of children with birth defects in 10 centers in the United States, which carried delivered between January1997 and December 2004 and used paracetamol at any time from the first day of the last menstrual period through the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. control groups were used for comparison. The study has limitations, since it relies on the accuracy of maternal memory or not supported paracetamol was used in the first quarter. The study also took the memory of his mother on the number of pills and dosage, which could have also appointed an influence on the effects of the drug on the fetus.

Useparacetamol in the first quarter showed that very often average about 46%. In particular, the use of a single agent, paracetamol, is not associated with an increased risk of birth defects. In fact, it was found that acetaminophen, the risk of certain abnormalities that occur frequently in the first quarter, when to lower the fever (fever), his mother's illness. In particular, there was a lower incidence of anencephaly, encephalocele craniorachischisis Anotoor microtia, cleft lip with or without cleft palate and gastroschisis. Other studies have shown that paracetamol has no effect on fetal growth or premature birth.

Abstract: The use of paracetamol disease may have a positive impact during a febrile (fever) when used as monotherapy in pregnancy during the first quarter. Never exceed the recommended dosage.

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