New Study: Tylenol could be trouble for teens

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New Study: Tylenol could be trouble for teens

Wellington - It's Tylenol's turn under the gun. Aspirin and Advil both have had

their problems. Now, researchers say that Tylenol may behind the huge spike in

childhood asthma.

A new medical study finds that even once-a-year use of Tylenol can trigger

asthma in children and adolescents. WEBMD.com reports that the study was done on

some 323,000 13- and 14-year-olds from 50 nations. W. Beasley, MD,

professor of medicine at the Medical Research Institute of New Zealand in

Wellington, and his colleagues conducted it.

The study was considered important enough to report in the American Journal of

Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine The team gave the youngsters written

questionnaires, exploring their use of acetaminophen, other drugs, and asthma

symptoms. They were also shown a video with five scenes of clinical asthma and

asked whether they had experienced any of those symptoms. About 73% of the teens

said they had used acetaminophen at least once in the previous year and 30% said

they used it monthly.

This study is the first to link acetaminophen use to teen asthma. But even the

researchers warn that this does not prove that acetaminophen causes asthma. It

could simply be that children and pregnant women at risk of asthma are more

likely to take acetaminophen. Dr. Beasley says they make it clear in their

report on this.

" Randomized, controlled trials are now urgently required to investigate this

relationship further and to guide the use of [fever-reducing drugs], not only in

children but also in pregnancy and adult life. "

The CBC reports that Tylenol (acetaminophen) use among young people in the study

varied widely among countries, from two per cent in Taiwan who took it more than

once a month to 23 per cent in Canada, 42 per cent in the U.S. and 68 per cent

in Nigeria.

Taking acetaminophen was also linked to an increased chance of eczema and

rhinoconjunctivitis, or allergic nasal congestion, in adolescents, according to

Bloomberg Business Week's Health Day.

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How lovely. More reason to hate taking medicine. Isn't it odd how most of that stuff that is supposed to help us may work on one thing but actually harms so much else? That's why so many people on medicine have to take other pills to counteract the side effects of their first medication and so the cycle goes.

In a message dated 8/14/2010 1:13:42 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, no_reply writes:

New Study: Tylenol could be trouble for teens

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" How lovely. More reason to hate taking medicine. Isn't it odd how most of that

stuff that is supposed to help us may work on one thing but actually harms so

much else? That's why so many people on medicine have to take other pills to

counteract the side effects of their first medication and so the cycle goes. "

For most of my life, both sets of Grandparents were alive. One set had a

medicine cabinet full of pills and nostrums. The other set did not. They had

similar health problems, but they had doctors who had different views about

treatments.

The grandparents with lots of medications had medications to take care of their

problems...and medications to counterbalance the side effects of their

medications, and medications to alleviate the cumulative negative effects of

taking so many medications.

The other grandparents were only on medications when they absolutely needed it.

Interestingly, both sets of grandparents died old. They were in their late

eighties to mid nineties.

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As for my headaches, aspirin and tylenol do nothing to clear them. Advil makes it worse and prevents me from sleeping properly.

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Aspirin tends to work best for me. Nothing else.

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" As for my headaches, aspirin and tylenol do nothing to clear them. Advil makes

it worse and prevents me from sleeping properly. "

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My grandparents tended to be a lot of medicine. Didn't help them overly much either. They stayed ill rather than getting better, which would be the point of medicine, and often took medicines to counteract the effects of other medicine. I also wonder how much good much of the medicine really does. Has anyone noticed how many new medicines end up getting pulled from the market because of bad side effects? This usually happens quietly so this might have gone unnoticed.

In a message dated 8/14/2010 9:56:36 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, no_reply writes:

The other grandparents were only on medications when they absolutely needed it. Interestingly, both sets of grandparents died old. They were in their late eighties to mid nineties. Administrator

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Advil tends to make me hyper too.

As for my headaches, aspirin and tylenol do nothing to clear them. Advil makes it worse and prevents me from sleeping properly.

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Aspirin works for me as does Tylenol.

In a message dated 8/15/2010 11:25:24 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, no_reply writes:

Aspirin tends to work best for me. Nothing else. Administrator