Posted on 09/25/2025 6:50:57 AM PDT by Red Badger
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I stopped taking Tylenol years ago when I found out it can cause liver damage — I prefer to damage my liver with alcohol, thank you very much.
Imagine my shock when I saw pregnant women on TikTok popping Tylenol like candy…
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TYLENOL-TISM
Trump and RFK Jr. announced the results of their initial investigation into the causes of autism earlier this week and found that acetaminophen — commonly referred to by its most popular brand name, Tylenol — may be linked to rising autism rates.
The announcement did not confirm a causal link between Tylenol and autism, nor did it tell pregnant women to stop taking Tylenol entirely. Instead, it identified multiple studies — including from the Harvard School of Public Health and Johns Hopkins University — that found an association between Tylenol use, particularly toward the end of pregnancy, and diagnoses of autism and ADHD. The administration also acknowledged that there are scant safe alternatives for treating pain or fevers during pregnancy, so women and their doctors were advised to take or prescribe Tylenol sparingly and at the lowest effective dose and for the shortest period of time.
“What should parents do? In light of this evidence and lack of clear alternatives, we believe acetaminophen should be used judiciously in pregnancy, and under medical supervision of an obstetrician, as a practical, prudent medical approach that balances risks and benefits. This caution could be extended to infants and toddlers,” write Dr. Oz, Dr. Bhattacharya, and Dr. Makary in a Politico op-ed.
There was a liberal freakout nonetheless. Mainstream media called the link “unproven,” “without evidence,” and basically summed up the entire news conference as another crackpot RFK theory.
They dismissed or ignored the studies cited by Trump’s health experts, which, in addition to the two I noted earlier, include large-scale cohort studies like the Nurses’ Health Study II and the Boston Birth Cohort, plus another study from Mt. Sinai. In 2021, an international health consensus said pregnant women should minimize Tylenol use because of risks to fetal development.
In 2013, Reuters published an article warning that too much Tylenol use during pregnancy could affect fetal development. In 2025, it wrote a new article claiming Tylenol’s links to autism are “not backed by science.”
Run-of-the-mill terminally online leftists are reacting even worse than the media. Scores of TikTok videos show pregnant women defiantly shoving Tylenol into their mouths. Weird flex to risk giving your baby autism to “own Trump.” Not to mention the danger of giving yourself liver failure.
Amid the craziness following the Trump admin’s announcement, a lot of people missed another key finding from the news conference: an area of interest in treating autism.
Trump’s health experts write the following:
“While the pathophysiology of autism is still being understood, one potential area of interest is the folate transport system in the central nervous system. There are both genetic and autoimmune etiologies that can impact the ability of children to effectively absorb folate in the brain due to impaired or damaged folate transport receptors. This can lead to a phenotype of developmental delay consistent with autism spectrum disorder and can occur even if folate levels in the body are otherwise normal.”
They explain that there is a relatively cheap drug called leucovorin that can help bypass blockages in children. Studies show up to 60% of folate-deficient children who struggle with verbal communication improve when taking leucovorin. This could be a major breakthrough for autistic children who suffer from speech disorders.
Let’s all take a deep breath!
“Scores of TikTok videos show pregnant women defiantly shoving Tylenol into their mouths.”
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If President Trump announced russian roulette was dangerous guess what these lunatics would probably do.
i take one 600 mg capsule of NAC with each 500 mg capsule of acetaminophen as “insurance” ...
NAC is the main precursor to glutathione, the substance necessary for converting the liver-toxic stage one metabolite of acetaminophen into the non-toxic stage two metabolite that can be eliminated by the kidneys ...
a shortage of glutathione, say, due to taking too much acetaminophen or drinking alcohol simultaneously while taking acetaminophen, results in the liver-toxic stage one metabolite accumulating instead of being converted to the non-toxic form, resulting in liver destruction ...
ANY LIVER TRANSPLANTS SHOULD BE DENIED TO SUCH IDIOTS
Yup—this reminds me of the guy (Galen Winsor) who used to eat uranium on stage in public appearances.
https://rumble.com/v3yv8lz-nuclear-scare-scam-galen-winsor-eats-uranium-to-prove-its-harmless.html
what does the company tylenol say?
One Tylenol will kill a cat?.......................hmmmmmmm...........J/K...............hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
They posted a tweet a few years back to not take their products if pregnant, period..............
Good post.
Warning labels on drugs—including over the counter drugs— are there for good reason.
Good post.
Warning labels on drugs—including over the counter drugs— are there for good reason.
PLS let these idiots take the WHOLE bottle just to prove that they are indeed idiots.
suggested epitaph: “I guess I showed him!”
The Babylon Bee is going to have a blast with this one.
Google “acetaminophen overdose symptoms”.
Warning labels on drugs—including over the counter drugs— are there for good reason.
The leucovorin breakthrough is the big thing, IMHO. It should not have been announced at the same time as the Tylenol thing. It could really help a lot of people.
But first you have to get the pill into the cat. Not so easy.
Unproven and without evidence:
Johns Hokins study from 2019, and there have been others that also confirm the link from places like Harvard Medical and others.
“Taking Tylenol during pregnancy associated with elevated risks for autism, ADHD
A Johns Hopkins study analyzing umbilical cord blood samples found that newborns with the highest exposure to acetaminophen were about three times more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD or autism spectrum disorder in childhood”
https://hub.jhu.edu/2019/11/05/acetaminophen-pregnancy-autism-adhd/
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