About this episode

The episode discusses the lack of evidence linking paracetamol use in pregnancy to autism and other neurodevelopmental issues.

In this episode of Baby Tribe Shorts, Afif and Anne tackle the anxiety caused by recent headlines linking paracetamol use in pregnancy with autism, ADHD and intellectual disability. They walk through a major Lancet systematic review and meta-analysis, explaining why the best-quality evidence, especially sibling comparison studies, does not support a causal link between paracetamol use in pregnancy and these neurodevelopmental outcomes. The episode also explains why paracetamol remains the rec...

People in this episode

Hosts: Afif EL-Khuffash, Anne Doherty

Topics covered

• paracetamol
• pregnancy
• autism
• ADHD
• neurodevelopmental outcomes

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Lancet

Products: paracetamol

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