On Sept. 22, Donald Trump pushed an unproven link between Tylenol and an increase in autism in children, and he issued an urgent warning to expectant mothers not to take the medication.
What do we know about the drug? Tylenol is used to treat a several conditions, such as mild to moderate pain, fever, headaches, muscle aches, toothaches, backaches and colds. According to medical experts, when taken as directed, traditional over-the-counter pain relievers like acetaminophen and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medicines (NSAIDs) can be safe and effective.
Tylenol wasn’t widely used until 1950, when Tylenol Elixir for Children, a prescription medication at first, was promoted as an aspirin substitute, according to Tufts University School of Medicine. Acetaminophen, often sold under the brand name Tylenol, had long been considered the safest option for managing headaches, fever and other pain during pregnancy.
It’s acetaminophen. That said, it’s definitely known to NOT affect DNA in existing humans, and autism existed way before Tylenol or Paracetamol were used commonly.
Wow. Seems ripe for someone to build misinformation off of that fact. Even with the points you have made. Those should cancel things out.
There’s this problem related to the further exploration an understanding of the world where a certain set of people see it as inventing the things we have discovered or categorized. And if they don’t see it as invented, they see it as having only appeared recently. Autism is one of those things.
Correlation is not always causation and all that.