Taking tylenol during pregnancy is ‘not good’.says Trump…

Whilst I think it was totally irresponsible for a POTUS to announce this, there is a recent study which indicates that it could cause problems in unborn children.

hsph.harvard.edu/news/using-acetaminophen-during-pregnancy-may-increase-childrens-autism-and-adhd-risk/#:~:text=When%20children%20are%20exposed%20to,according%20to%20a%20new%20study.

Bear in mind that Donald Trump is advised on health matters by Robert Kennedy junior - health qualifications somewhat questionable - and back in the Covid epidemic Trump is rumoured to have advocated injecting with domestic bleach as a precaution.

As usual, with all matters Trump, no valid evidence was provided.

This lunatic makes things up as he's going along.

Taking any drugs during pregnancy is risky. Not sure why he has honed in on this one but maybe he knows something the rest of us don’t. Or he’s had a disagreement with the manufacturer.

Of course there is evidence that proper pain /fever management during pregnancy also is linked to our outcomes for babies.

The key is presumably to use what is necessary and then stop?

Paracetamol is considered to be the first choice of pain relief during pregnancy. There is no evidence that it causes autism, which is primarily genetic.

Many years ago when pregnant my mother who never interfered, said to me,,please don't take any tablet whilst pregnant. It sank in.

Frankly I am surprised that he hasn't resurrected the "refrigerator mother" theory for the cause of autism. Anything to blame women it seems.
Uncontrolled fever is definitely not a good idea in pregnancy.

When pregnant 32 years ago I had a bad car accident, I was on the way to the GP when it happened.
The GP arranged a scan that morning to check all was well, he then came to see me at home that afternoon.
I was in a lot of pain, he told me not to take any painkillers, he believed that they potentially caused autism too.
On his advice I saw an acupuncturist and it worked.

Oh how worried mothers of autistic children must be today as they surely must be wondering if they caused their child’s condition by taking paracetamol. Someone must put a gag on Trump making these unconfirmed statements. He’s now resurrected the MMR debate too. This is so dangerous.

nanna8

Taking any drugs during pregnancy is risky. Not sure why he has honed in on this one but maybe he knows something the rest of us don’t. Or he’s had a disagreement with the manufacturer.

I'm going for your explanation!

And this coming from someone who suggested people with covid were injected with bleach - because that was used to clean clinical areas to kill the Covid virus! 😳🙄

This is paracetamol and should not be taken in pregnancy, evidence is emerging of causation of autism

More guilt to pile on mothers.

I have been a migraine sufferer for well over 40 years, paracetamol was the only thing I could take during my pregnancies.

Why would anyone take medical advice from someone who advocated drinking disinfectant and asked his advisors to look into it bleach as a cure for Covid 19 🤷‍♀️🤦‍♀️

In this case POTUS as my teen GC would say can do one 🤬🤬🤬

Anyone with contact with families who have an autistic member needs to be on the look out for mothers - they will be feeling guilt themselves but are also at higher risk of being blamed by other family members too. Please look out for them and offer support.
This comes from experience of a mother who suffered extreme domestic violence because her husband blamed her for their son’s autism. Her experience was extreme but sadly similar cases were not unusual in my school’s community.

Did anyone read Allira's link and move on to the actual paper?
Did you read the corrections/alterations prior to publication of the paper? Did you notice this is an association
Did you read the end of the paper:

While this association warrants caution, untreated maternal fever and pain pose risks such as neural tube defects and preterm birth, necessitating a balanced approach. We recommend judicious acetaminophen use—lowest effective dose, shortest duration—under medical guidance, tailored to individual risk–benefit assessments, rather than a broad limitation.

Surely this is the point with any drug taken at any time - but especially during pregnancy!

Trump is also saying that he has heard ‘bad things’ about the MMR jab for babies.

Prof Claire Anderson, President of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, said:

“Paracetamol has been used safely by millions of people for decades, including during pregnancy, when taken as directed. It is the first-line choice for pain management and fever control in a variety of patients, including pregnant women, children and the elderly.

“A large study1 conducted in 2024 found no evidence of a link between paracetamol use in pregnancy and an increased risk of autism in children. This research, which followed over 2.4 million children, provides reassurance for expectant parents that paracetamol remains a safe option for managing pain or fever during pregnancy when used as recommended.

Within a generation infant mortality rates will be seriously affected if Trump is taken seriously, and sadly he is by millions of supporters.

That last comment is related to the MMR jab not paracetamol

It is far, far too simplistic to reject Trumps announcement out of hand because he's an ignorant idiot and charlatan fantasist with a mental disorder. (He is, but what's at stake is so important we mustnt let his rantings colour the discussion).

THERE have been extensive medical studies into the link between paracetamol and childrens brain development; Alira earlier post provided the links to that research.

What we need NOW is to see the medical world make a credible, detailed assessment of those studies ; every detail ofthe reasearchers system , the evidence used, the conclusions drawn; and THEN tell us exactly what if anything, scientifically discredits those researches and their authors.

When UK Dr Andrew Wakefield claimed his research linked MMR vaccine to Autism, it did not take long for credible scientists to put a fine toothcomb through his methods and prove he had faked the data for financial gain . He was disgraced, struck off. There was, and is, strong link between fraudsterWakefield and Trump. Lets see how long it takes to find if AW is pulling the strings of puppet Trump.

I want these studies tested and challenged between credible Drs and credible science researchers.

Wes Streeting, currently on TV says the U.K. Government, British and European Scientists are confident that it is safe to take paracetamol in pregnancy.

Trust the science.

Absolutely.

butterandjam if you go onto Google scholar and read papers around this study you will see that we don't even know why people in the various studies were taking paracetamol.

Babs03

Trump is also saying that he has heard ‘bad things’ about the MMR jab for babies.

Yes, he's quoting directly from the proven medical fraudster ex-doctor Andrew Wakefield, whose UK medical career
ended in disgrace after he got struck off by the GMC for fraudulent research..

Trump will repeat any lie , however gross fake and ridiculous, because he aims at the kind of uneducated voters who are stupid and gullible enough to believe them. Nigel Farage deploys exactly the same tactic, learnt from Trump.