Research doesn’t show using Tylenol during pregnancy causes autism.

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For years, Tylenol has generally been considered safe for treating pain and fever, even during pregnancy, when doctors discourage patients from using many medications.

Doctors might even recommend taking Tylenol for pain or fever during pregnancy, because left untreated, they can pose their own health risks.

But recent news reports about the federal government connecting Tylenol to autism have drawn fresh questions about the drug, and concerns.

After years of research, no study has shown that acetaminophen, the main ingredient in Tylenol, causes autism. There’s no known single cause of autism, a neurological condition that influences how someone acts and communicates.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/research-doesnt-show-using-tylenol-during-pregnancy-causes-autism-here-are-5-things-to-know

 

This article originally appeared on PolitiFact.

 

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There was a danger that was overlooked with Acetaminophen at original max dosage and causing liver damage over time.
I'm very skeptical about it being a the cause of autism.

Some boring factual chemistry background history of Acetaminophen.
https://www.acs.org/molecule-of-the-week/archive/a/acetaminophen.html
Acetminophen didn't appear to exist before 1878.
I'm curious if there is history of "Autism" before 1878.

I'm also wondering which type(s) of "Autism" it's suppose to cause. 

I'll wait until there is good peer reviewed studies that hold up the information they provide before taking it at face value.
I really hope I'm wrong and it's not poor, low quality evidence.
It's on them to provide their evidence, studies so it can be peer reviewed by the world to validate.

Remember correlation doesn't mean causation

Example -  Type 2 Diabetics tend to have lower then normal Vitamin D levels, however low Vitamin D isn't the direct cause of Type 2 Diabetes.

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On 23/09/2025 at 04:02, Eternal Tempest said:

Acetminophen didn't appear to exist before 1878.
I'm curious if there is history of "Autism" before 1878.

There's a very good reason why autism "appears" to be a recent thing on the rise.  Because it's only in the last 10-20 years that we've really started to recognize what it is and more is learned every day.  Before that it was called other things, such as just being quiet, or loners, or naughty or for the more severe cases, retardation and the like.

Even now, autism is being used less and less as a label and we're moving more towards neural divergence.  Whatever you choose to label it though, we're getting better at recognizing it, and in many cases, helping those with it.  Both my kids are on the spectrum, with my son being originally labelled as having Aspergers (a term thankfully falling out of favour due to its originator).

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just out of curiosity i went to the trump subreddit and christ that place is dark, don't go there. The second post was someone suggesting that pregnant woman who take Tylenol should be tried for a felony.  

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Trump’s Top Anti-Tylenol Expert Was Paid to Hate Tylenol, Records Show

"Legitimizing bad science with dangerous policy endangers you when your decisions are based on fear, not facts."

President Donald Trump made baffling remarks during a Monday press conference, claiming that pregnant women should avoid Tylenol, the brand name of acetaminophen, arguing that it was associated with a “very increased” risk of autism.

It was a new low for the Trump administration, leading to widespread outrage and incredulity among experts.

Then things got even sketchier when the New York Times revealed that the researcher behind the studies cited during Monday’s press conference had a financial interest in warning users against the use of Tylenol.

Andrea Baccarelli, the dean of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, received at least $150,000 as an expert witness during several lawsuits aimed at Kenvue, the maker of Tylenol, federal court filings reviewed by the newspaper show.

https://futurism.com/health-medicine/trump-top-anti-tylenol-expert-paid

 

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On 23/09/2025 at 10:46, FloatingFatMan said:

There's a very good reason why autism "appears" to be a recent thing on the rise.  Because it's only in the last 10-20 years that we've really started to recognize what it is and more is learned every day.  Before that it was called other things, such as just being quiet, or loners, or naughty or for the more severe cases, retardation and the like.

Even now, autism is being used less and less as a label and we're moving more towards neural divergence.  Whatever you choose to label it though, we're getting better at recognizing it, and in many cases, helping those with it.  Both my kids are on the spectrum, with my son being originally labelled as having Aspergers (a term thankfully falling out of favour due to its originator).

Our school classified my kid as autistic BECAUSE EXTREMLY HE'S SMART! no other quirks, just "too smart" so they classified him as that.... so some of the rise might be stuff like that also... So I guess having a very high IQ means autistic now also...