"This is a major public health concern," Barr tells WebMD. "Given the widespread use of acetaminophen and ibuprofen among kids -- and asthma being the disease of greatest burden in kids -- this would seem to be an important topic for further study."
Barr notes that previous studies have linked acetaminophen, but not ibuprofen, to asthma and have linked use of acetaminophen during pregnancy to childhood asthma.
Barr's own research team previously found that high-level acetaminophen use raised women's risk of adult-onset asthma.
"There is still a lot of uncertainty about this," he says. "There might be something going on, but do we have a clear public health recommendation at this time? I don't think we do
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