Study warns of possible link between world's most popular painkiller and autism

The Blaze ^ | August 26, 2025 | Joseph Mackinnon

[Diana in Wisconsin]

“The drug freely crosses the placental barrier, ‘reaching levels in fetal circulation similar to maternal circulation within less than an hour of maternal ingestion.’”

Yikes! But I can still drink alcohol and smoke while pregnant, right? ;)

“I quit drinking and smoking for four whole months when I was pregnant with you!” ~ Roseanne

[E. Pluribus Unum]

I only use aspirin, a natural compound.

Never trusted acetaminopen or ibuprofen, both synthetic.

[goodnesswins]

Tylenol...bad...especially if used regularly...from what I have read

[Bulwinkle]

Tylenol was my guess 25 years ago

[lee martell]

The increasing prevalence of autism in new births is certainly mysterious and perplexing.
The thing is, there has never been a shortage of people, both men and women ready to advise pregnant women what they should or should not eat, should or should not take for pain relief.

It’s my understanding that carrying and delivering a child can be a very painful experience. The young Moms need something, w/o someone harassing them. What’s an expectant Mom to do? Maybe settle on some helpful solution and keep it to yourself, plus husband and/or doctor. Don’t blab on Facebook, looking for praise.

[Jacquerie]

Got a bottle of Tylenol?

Look at all the warnings, which were forced on Johnson & Johnson after paying bazillions in court ordered fines.

No longer advertising “safe and effective,” nor “the pain reliever doctors recommend most.”

Drink alcohol? Throw away the Tylenol. Even among tea-totalers, Tylenol is rough on livers.

[Robert A Cook PE]

But “Aspirin is bad for you.”

[piasa]

There are many brands of Acetaminophen, including generic, not just Tylenol, so I am curious as to why Tylenol is singled out.

[eastexsteve]

At least part of the reason we see more cases of autism is because because the definition of what qualifies as autism is broader.

[Chewbarkah]

There might be other evidence against acetamenophen, but condemning anything known to be “the world’s most popular” on the basis of high statistical correllation seems preposterous.

[SpaceBar]

Six long sentences of scary statistics before the author gets to the actual punch-line.

[Irish Eyes]

Acetaminophen is the only non prescription pain killer I can take. I hope they do not take it away . No chance of pregnancy.

[Brian Griffin]

“acetaminophen”

I believe it was the preferred painkiller of Britain’s NHS long before aspirin was shoved aside in the USA.

Autism should have showed up strongly in Britain long before it showed up strongly in the USA.

[mouse_35]

I think part of it is also more ASD children surviving long enough for it to be diagnosed. My ASD granddaughter nearly starved to death while she was an infant. A lot of people on the spectrum suffer from dystonia. My granddaughter’s muscles were too weak to allow her to nurse properly. How many infants who died from “failure to thrive” were autistic?

[Brian Griffin]

This is well-worth a read:

https://indiaautismcenter.org/blog/what-causes-autism/

[metmom]

Tylenol can also very effectively destroy the liver, especially when mixed with alcohol

Some woman in a town we lived in did that very thing and needed a liver transplant. And she was young. I don’t remember how that resolved and if she survived.

[ladyjane]

I have never understood why the medical establishment pushes Tylenol as a safer alternative to aspirin. Aspirin has been used for more than 100 years and its precursor, willow bark, has been used for thousands of years. Aspirin is an analgesic, antipyretic, anti-inflammatory, antithrombotic, and antiviral. Tylenol is an analgesic that doesn’t even work for some people and has some antipyretic effects. There must be some $$ motive.

[Jacquerie]

Fine. Have a drink before your next Tylenol.

[kaktuskid]

Aspirin (and other NSAIDs) are verboten if you are on blood thinners. So is CBD. So all you have is Tylenol.