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It was found that feeding behavior deteriorated significantly after circumcision. Some breastfeed infants were unable to breastfeed and required formula feeding after circumcision. Acetaminophen was found to be almost totally ineffective against the post-circumcision pain. It did have some effect six hours after the circumcision. The authors concluded "that circumcision of the newborn causes severe and persistent pain."<ref name="howard1994">{{REFjournal
|last=Howard
|first=Cynthia R.
|author-link=
|last2=Howard
|first2=Fred M.
|author2-link=
|last3=Weitzman
|first3=Michael L.
|author3-link=
|etal=no
|issue=4
|pages=641-6
|url=https://www.i2researchhub.org/articles/acetaminophen-analgesia-in-neonatal-circumcision/
|archived=
|quote=
|accessdate=2020-11-09
}}</ref>
===Traumatic effect of infant circumcision===
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