Donald Trump and administration health officials Monday said pregnant women should not take acetaminophen for pain relief claiming a potential link to autism.
Note – thousands of medical experts around the world have said that the data that “suggests” a link between acetaminophen and autism is inconclusive at best.
Tylenol use is safe in pregnancy, lowest effective dose.
Don’t listen to the utter nonsense emanating from the highest office in the land today.
Speak to your medical provider. pic.twitter.com/pygqpfgQRL
— Dr. Vin Gupta (@VinGuptaMD) September 22, 2025
From NBC News:
Trump said the administration is issuing a warning to doctors not to recommend acetaminophen — the active ingredient in Tylenol and other widely used medications — for pregnant women, claiming it may be linked to autism in children.
Researchers who’ve spent decades researching potential causes of autism say the administration hasn’t uncovered any new evidence — and the existing data still doesn’t support its claims.
Experts say autism spectrum disorder, which is characterized by challenges with social and speech skills and by repetitive behaviors, most likely stems from multiple factors rather than a single cause.
The bulk of scientific research hasn’t identified a link between acetaminophen and autism.
“Don’t take Tylenol,” Trump repeated over and over after struggling to pronounce ‘acetaminophen.
Many doctors who have vast experience in drug safety epidemiology, including one included below, say Trump and Kennedy are wrong.
It’s worth nothing that the FDA statement today ends with a paragraph undermining its own warning – “a causal relationship has bot been established and there are contrary studies in the scientific literature.”
The FDA has also apparently approved a chemotherapy drug called leucovorin as a treatment to alleviate symptoms of autism, despite little evidence that the medication works.
I’m not a doctor or a scientist, but I’m pretty sure it’s a bad idea to take medical advice from a buffoon who can’t even pronounce “acetaminophen.”
Something is fishy with this anti-Tylenol nonsense.pic.twitter.com/Wu6Pb9yW9D
— BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ (@mmpadellan) September 22, 2025
Trump: With Tylenol, don’t take it. Don’t take it. And if you can’t live, if your fever is so bad, you have to take one because there’s no alternative to that, sadly. First question, what can you take instead? Actually, there’s not an alternative to that
As you know, other of… pic.twitter.com/UeSiSO7RUk
— Acyn (@Acyn) September 22, 2025
⚠️TYLENOL & AUTISM—RFK Jr and Trump are wrong—the largest & best study in the world in 2.5 MILLION KIDS—found no increased autism risk with acetaminophen (aka paracetamol, Tylenol) use by the mother during pregnancy. A crude unadjusted analysis found only a preliminary 5% risk,… pic.twitter.com/XsIlO623Fq
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) September 22, 2025
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