Posted on 09/22/2025 3:25:55 PM PDT by Miami Rebel
President Trump and top health officials Monday said pregnant women should not take acetaminophen for pain relief due to a potential link to autism.
Acetaminophen is the active ingredient in Tylenol, one of the most widely used medications in the world.
“Taking Tylenol is not good,” Trump said during a White House announcement.
Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will begin updating the label on acetaminophen and will begin notifying physicians that Tylenol “can be associated with a very increased risk of autism.”
“All pregnant women should talk to their doctors for more information about limiting the use of this medication while pregnant. So ideally, you don’t take it at all, but if you have to, you can’t tough it out … probably, you’re going to end up doing it,” Trump said.
Tylenol has been one of the only over-the-counter pain medications for pregnant women that is considered safe. Other options like ibuprofen or aspirin can increase risks of birth defects.
Experts say there are multiple causes of autism, and the increase in diagnoses is more likely due to improved detection.
“Despite recent unfounded claims, there’s no clear evidence linking prudent use to issues with fetal development,” it added.
Major medical societies, including the Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine (SMFM), advise recommend that pregnant women consult with health providers before taking acetaminophen.
“At this time, the weight of scientific evidence that acetaminophen use during pregnancy causes an increased risk for autism or ADHD is simply inconclusive,” SMFM President Sindhu Srinivas said.
My late son developed seizures at 6 months shortly after his dPT shot. He had multiple EEGs and was put on phenobarbital which stopped the seizures within a week, although he remained on it until age 2. That was back in the 80s when kids only got a fraction of the vaccines they’re being given now. My pediatrician knew it was problem for some unlucky kids, which is why he didn’t get another dPT shot again.
I’m sorry to hear that.
They’ve know for DECADES that the additives in these shots are not safe, for many.
God rest your son’s soul....and, bless you.
I’m supposed to take Tylenol, but it doesn’t do anything. Only aspirin gets rid of my headache.
That same group either promoted the Covid shot in pregnant women or stood by and said nothing.
Exactly right.
Evil.
One thing I know for sure is I’m not interested in your opinion.
Noticing some pro vaxxers are in favor of Tylenol. Color me shocked.
Aug 22, 2025 — The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists on Friday reaffirmed support for Covid-19 vaccination during pregnancy
Thanks for that.
Noticing some pro vaxxers are in favor of Tylenol. Color me shocked.
YW!!
Acetaminophen works fairly well for me on bad headaches, less well on pain involving inflammation.
Ibuprofen works better for me on pain involving inflammation, and usually well on headaches. Ibu has more potential negative effects (at least for me, an old guy), but both can be harmful to the digestive system in high & sustained doses. Both sometimes cause me upset stomach if taken without food. I’m pretty sure the (mostly Acetaminophen) my Mom took to relieve joint pain when we HAD to cut back the opioids (she was becoming very “fuzzy” on “medium” doses of Norco) contributed to her digestive system problems. But, at some point there are no good alternatives - you just pick the one with hopefully the best cost to risk ratio.
I see that “freeper” Fury is furiously jackassin’ about your opinion. A notorious thread Karen.
You have experiments to rule out alternatives. They do not ‘prove’ anything. You have statistics to tell the probability that you’ve figured out what is causing something.
Why would an experiment not be approved? Imagine you are expecting a baby. Imagine you are offered the opportunity to take part in an experiment in which half the subjects would be given a drug that is suspected of adversely affecting the baby. In our country that study would not be approved.
That’s why some countries conduct their studies in other countries. Apparently that is why some countries develop drugs in other countries. Some people think we were doing that in Ukraine and China.
The way I look at it, there are dozens, perhaps hundreds of things we ingest or do at much greater levels now, than 50 years ago, that may contribute to autism. And, certainly, we detect autism much better now than we did back then — partially because it’s become so common.
I can well imagine that simply the chemical imbalances in overweight women play a role. We certainly have an awful lot more overweight women of childbearing age than we did 50 years ago.
But, then again, are overweight women more likely to regularly suffer pain(s) during pregnancy, and then they turn to Acetaminophen?
In any event, it’s probably not a good idea for pregnant women to be regularly popping the maximum recommended dosages of much of anything during pregnancy, except in truly dire circumstances.
Heck, the same holds true for most anyone in most situations, IMO.
I don’t think weight of the mom has anything to do with it, Paul.
One of my daughter’s best friends ... fit, healthy, slim .... even throughout her pregnancy she did not gain much and had a healthy term, baby, delivery, etc. ... and, her oldest is autistic.
I attribute it to the jabs they’re given ... SO soon after they’re born.
The tylenol they’re given only compounds the damage done.
The claim is not fact free and this information isn’t new at all. This topic has been a subject of debate for 12 years now:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23656698/
It happens all the time!
17 women took part in the U.S. in the thalidomide study! It was approved in other countries, and it was only not approved in the U.S. because of one woman. If she did that today, she would be fired.
There was another drug (I can't remember the name.) for woman that was approved in the early 2000s. The guy at the FDA refused to approve it, for many reasons. The company called his boss, and she overruled him. Even though he was a top employee, he left shortly after that.
How many women died while they were researching and approving "the pill." It was a lot!
Tylenol was released in 1955. If they never researched how it impacts pregnancy before it was approved, that means every single pregnant woman who took it was doing the same thing someone in an experiment, just not collecting the data. How is that any different? Do you think no pregnant women have taken it?
PSA:
Stem cell therapy to treat autism.
My total cost (flights, 2 week hotel, costs and treatment) $17k from the US for treatment of spinal cord injury/partial paralysis.
Thanks for the backup - my first encounter with Fury! Likely a Democrat.
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