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Pregnant women in ERs took less Tylenol after Trump autism warning (www.npr.org)

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Trump told pregnant women in September 2025 to avoid Tylenol because taking it would increase their babies' risk of autism: "Taking Tylenol is not good — I'll say it: It's not good."

Doctors and scientists quickly said the data didn't support the president's claim, but emergency room orders for Tylenol, or acetaminophen, for pregnant patients went down 10% in the months that followed, according to a new study in The Lancet. There was no change in the acetaminophen orders for comparable women who weren't pregnant.

"It happened overnight," says Dr. Jeremy Faust, an emergency physician at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston who led the study. The president's words "had an immediate impact on how much Tylenol or acetaminophen was being ordered in emergency departments."

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[–] MIDItheKID@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Tylenol isn't an nsaid, it's an analgesic/fever reducer. Not saying you're wrong about it being safe when taken with care, just pointing out it's not an anti-inflammatory.

Nsaids generally hit your stomach the hardest, and analgesics take shots at your liver. That's why it's often suggested to switch back and fourth during prolonged sickness/pain. It helps reduce the risk of damaging either organ if it's not just one of them taking hits over and over again. And of course, don't take more than a suggested single dose at a time.

Both types of OTC pain meds have their risks when not taken correctly, but none of those risks are giving your unborn child autism.

[–] prettybunnys@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Tylenol isn't an nsaid, it's an analgesic/fever reducer. Not saying you're wrong about it being safe when taken with care, just pointing out it's not an anti-inflammatory.

You right.

But, to save face can we argue about it for a few comments?

[–] MIDItheKID@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Sure! But in true internet argument fashion, let's drop the original subject and squabble about something completely different instead!

I think you meant to say "You're right."

While I appreciate that you used a period to denote the end of the sentence, and you didn't make the classic mistake of writing "your right", what you wrote out was not grammatically correct. I am going to use it to validate that anything else you have to say from here on out is invalid.

[–] prettybunnys@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Well I’m gonna tell you that you should stop acting arrogant to someone who may not speak English as a first language.

Did you just assume my first language?

[–] MIDItheKID@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oh shit! I've been bested! I think this is the part where I am supposed to just down vote you and stop responding, and then go complain on a right leaning sublemmy that there are too many foreigners on the platform.

[–] prettybunnys@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You didn’t even call me a Nazi, fucking noob

[–] MIDItheKID@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

No no... You did it wrong. You're supposed to look at my comment history, and then link it and call ME a nazi.