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Title: Acetaminophen is SAFE in pregnancy...

Category: Administration

Posted: 8/10/2026 by Jennifer Wang, MD (Updated: 8/12/2026)

…Which we knew already, but in case you need help convincing your patients, this meta-analysis came out just a few months ago and looked at 43 different studies in a systematic review (17 in a meta-analysis) totaling >300000 patients evaluated and showed that there is NO association between acetaminophen/paracetamol in pregnancy and autism/ADHD/intellectual disabilities.

References

Prenatal paracetamol exposure and child neurodevelopment: a systematic review and meta-analysis

D'Antonio F, Flacco M, Valle L et al.

The Lancet Obstetrics, Gynaecology, & Women’s Health, 2026; 2, e190-e198


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