this is just wonderful.

[meganursula]

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/20/health/evidence-mounts-linking-acetaminophen-and-asthma.html?_r=1

Comments

[eub.livejournal.com]

Bummer. That'd leave us with no usable OTC analgesic / antipyretic / etc.

I appreciate the article pointing out a randomized prospective study (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11826230), from 2002.

(Gosh, the new LJ comment thing is amazingly ugly.)

[mh75.livejournal.com]

new LJ comment thing?

Ibuprofen is still ok, right? (I know it is anti-indicated for people with known asthma, but my understanding is that this is for an uncommon reaction. And its ok for kids generally, right? Or no?)

[eub.livejournal.com]

Still fine in general, just no NSAIDs for Adam (kidneys).

[katybeth]

Or, fine for the next 20 years, when they notice a rise in something else correlated with the decrease of acetaminophen.

[mh75.livejournal.com]

Well, yes. Still, it was sort of the last thing that really seemed to work that we could do for our little kids.

Honestly, i'm not sure that this result should or would change the behavior of many parents. But i a) have really believed that my kids will benefit more from sleep and being comfortable than with the benefits of avoiding Tylenol, so i use it, and b) am somewhat paranoid about asthma, especially with W who is an awfully wheezy baby considering his overall robustness. I never considered getting ibuprofen for my kids because of the latter issue.

Plus, in all honesty, the only medication i've taken for the last 5 years or so is Tylenol, and some Tums. I don't suppose that it is really behind my increased asthma symptoms, but, it gives me something to think about.

And something to research when i'm done researching the link between asthma and eclampsia.

[mh75.livejournal.com]

Oh, bummer! Poor dude.