Extra Power Tylenol and Extra Power Tylenol PM, soreness relievers with the lively ingredient acetaminophen/paracetamol. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Tylenol, Johnson & Johnson’s large selling painkiller, is in the news nowadays after Swedish researchers raised inquiries about the security in infants and pregnant women of its active ingredient, paracetamol. The researchers, primarily based at Uppsala University, found that paracetamol can cause decreased learning and memory capabilities in youthful mice.
Paracetamol is the key ingredient also in Panadol, a related painkiller broadly marketed in the U.K. and numerous other elements of the world. Panadol is created by London-primarily based GlaxoSmithKline. (Disclosure: I very own stock in GlaxoSmithKline.)
The study was performed by Henrik Viberg and three other individuals, and was published in Toxicological Sciences, the journal of the Reston, Virginia-based mostly Society of Toxicology.
An abstract of the study can be go through here.
The researchers were reported yesterday as urging that parents must be cautious in administering the drug.
As quoted in the Upsala Nya Tidning newspaper, Henrik Viberg commented: “This exhibits that there are factors to restrict the use of paracetamol late in pregnancy and to hold back from giving the medicine to infants.”
Swedish Researchers Raise Security Worries About J & J"s Tylenol
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