A better understanding of the causation of asthma and allergic disorders could potentially lead to intervention strategies that reduce their prevalence and severity. One potential causative factor is the use of paracetamol. Most of the evidence for the link with asthma is from non-experimental studies of paracetamol exposure in utero, infancy, childhood and adult life; however, it has been difficult to rule out confounding and bias in the associations observed. The two randomized clinical trials of the effect of paracetamol in patients with asthma have been difficult to interpret, due to methodological issues. There have been no randomized controlled trials of paracetamol use and the development of asthma. Both asthma and paracetamol use are common, and so even if there is a relatively small effect of paracetamol exposure on the development of asthma or its severity, then such an effect would be of major public health significance. It is proposed that randomized controlled trials of the effect of paracetamol on the development of asthma and its severity are a high research priority.
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science
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Agricultural and Biological Sciences
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Psychology
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Nursing and Health Professions
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Attention Score in Context
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 9. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 17 September 2015.
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#4,704,604
of 29,043,514 outputs
Outputs from Clinical & Experimental Allergy
#1,033
of 4,639 outputs
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#55,537
of 373,508 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Clinical & Experimental Allergy
#23
of 67 outputs
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