Female reproductive organ development could be impacted by a mother taking Tylenol—also known as acetaminophen or paracetamol—during pregnancy, according to researchers in Denmark.
On average, infant girls exposed to the pain relief drug in the womb had smaller ovaries; fewer ovarian follicles, which are the structures that contain immature eggs; smaller wombs; and lower levels of reproductive hormones, according to the findings of the study published Wednesday in Human Reproduction Open.
Long-term follow-up will be required to determine whether the differences observed in infants have implications for fertility later in life and a woman’s age at menopause, study leader Margit Bistrup Fischer of Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen said in a statement accompanying the study….