Taking Paracetamol during Pregnancy May Harm Fertility of Daughters

A review of experimental studies in rodent models suggests that taking paracetamol (acetaminophen, or N- acetyl-para-aminophenol [APAP]) during pregnancy may be harmful to the future fertility of female pups. Dr. David Kristensen and colleagues at Copenhagen University Hospital say their analysis of three published experimental studies in mice and rats indicates that the female offspring of rodents who were given paracetamol during pregnancy had fewer primordial follicles than control offspring,