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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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[–] Delphia@lemmy.world 2 points 23 hours ago

RFK made pregnant women (you know, famously rational and not emotionally driven at all) afraid of one of the safest medications going and for what? You cant blame pregnant women for thinking "What if this is the time he is right?" when deciding not to out up with a slight headache could put their babies long term development potentially at risk.