Acetaminophen is prescribed by the doctor to get rid of fever and it may increase the chances of asthma in both adults and children as per a new research that has been published by the esteemed team of Canadian researchers.
The manufacturer of the medicine says that the painkiller has got a green signal from the government and does not cause asthma.
The researches have conducted an odd figure of 19 clinical examinations with more than 425,000 subjects to examine the fact that does the use of Acetaminophen and development of asthma in people has a connection or not. You may be shocked to learn that the result was positive. It caused wheezing.
Results of The Medical Studies
You may ask how you can come to the above stated conclusion. This disturbing yet true fact was affirmed in 2008 in the ISSAC (International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood) periodical termed The Lancet clearly states the renowned author (Mahyar Etminan) is a scientist at the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute in British Columbia and an assistant professor of medicine at the University of British Columbia.
In this scientific document the researchers examined observed more than 205,000 children between the age groups of six to seven years in 31 countries and concluded that the painkiller that caused relief from fever has magnified the hazard of developing asthma in children. It may lead to accentuated symptoms of asthma as well.
Various other studies had contradictory and confusing results hence the research was scrutinized by the Canadian team. Sales of the painkiller amount to $1 billion in USA.
The Risk of Asthma
The Canadian team of researchers reviewed the medical records and tried to compute the hazard of asthma and wheezing tendencies in people that used acetaminophen tablets.
Researchers concluded and concentrated only on 19 medical literatures. The people that used acetaminophen tablets were 63% and had greater chances of developing asthma than the rest of the people.
The findings of the researchers include the following:
There was in increase of 60% chances of developing the deadly disease of asthma in children the year they were consuming acetaminophen as diagnosed.
The children who popped acetaminophen in the first year itself were exposed to developing the disease by 47% as compared to those children that did not use the painkiller.
Adults that consumed acetaminophen tablets had greater chances of developing the disease by 74% than those who refrained from using the medicine.
The hazard of wheezing jumped 50% and the danger of developing asthma increased by 28% among children that used acetaminophen.
The Canadian researcher have concluded that children suffering from Asthma are expected to consume acetaminophen for viral or ordinary fever which may be because of the prevalence of asthma and it may pave the way for the diagnosis for the disease as well. It is not strictly laid down that the use of acetaminophen and asthma is the cause and effect but there is an association though. There are various other reasons that may elucidate this connection in a concrete manner. Acetaminophen is known to advance an enzyme that causes asthma. There may be a host of other reasons as well. Studies do not clearly produce evidence and throw light over any one particular fact. In fact more comprehensive and numerous scientific literature is required to prove the same.
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