Use of paracetamol in pregnancy and autism: Trump

[MidnightPatrol]

Trump is expected to announce later today that there is a link between paracetamol use in pregnancy, and autism.

As with his approach to covid, scientists have reacted with dismay at this development - a major Swedish study published in 2024 looked at 2.48m births and found no link.

A bit of a worrying development in terms of medical misinformation, pregnant women’s access to pain relief, and those with autism (and their parents).

There has been lots of discussion in the US about the schedule and ensuring every vaccine is required.

For example, big arguments about Hep B given to newborns - a disease that is from sex or drug use. I don't know why we give that to newborns tbh, and the actual argument within MAGA is we don't know what the cumulutive effect of so many vaccines on the immune system - not that every single vaccine is harmful at all, more there is no research on what a lot of vaccines togther do fo rthe immune system

Women there are also thinking the same hence why the birth rate is falling rapidly there. It is great to watch the men panic about it!

What damage to you think there is to the immune system by giving these vaccinations, given your scepticism of doing it?

Given hundreds of millions of people have had these vaccinations, you would think these trends would be clear…?

Why not just vaccinate people as babies so it’s done - easier to track it’s happened, and sadly babies and children can be exposed to situations in which they get these diseases.

Which evidence based scientific journal is he publishing this research in?

I can't tell if this is a joke.

Vaccines never caused autism. The Doctor (andrew wakefeils i think?) that ran that study was struck off and outed as a fraud.

I was responding to the poster I quoted who said "aren't you glad it's not vaccines?"

Of course it's not vaccines, I was just wondering if that poster agreed with me (they didn't).

I guess there will be a super safe, super expensive alternative then - preferably to wondering what pregnant women won’t be allowed to do in the US soon 😞
I rarely take painkillers but can’t recall so far back - 2 with ND, 2 not anyway. I do have inflammation but not recognised, or impacting on me at least, back then.

Trump will presumably announce that "acetaminophen" is the culprit, which for some reason is the name of the same molecule in the US. And every American calls it Tylenol, the biggest brand name there. (I will bet my pension that half of the Trump cabinet has been shorting the stock of the manufacturer of Tylenol for a few months now.) So hopefully the different names might somewhat reduce the effect of the announcement in countries where it's called paracetamol.

Also, if paracetamol in pregnancy is what causes autism, does that mean the MMR jab is OK now? (Sorry, but all I have with the current US administration is gallows humour, I'm afraid.)

For anyone who thinks correlation confirms that there is a risk to pregnant women from paracetamol, this website is helpful in understanding why it probably doesn't

https://www.tylervigen.com/spurious/correlation/2732the-distance-between-venus-and-mercurycorrelates-withthe-number-of-nursing-assistants-in-indiana

And what is wrong with having asd anyway?
On one end of spectrum the greatest scientific and artistic minds.

That's quite a statement about humans not being able to go without painkillers!

I rarely take them often go years without ingesting paracetamol or other painkillers. Definitely didn't take them during pregnancy.

There is in fact a strong link between using painkillers (some more than others) that taking painkillers actually induces pain - head aches - so having a counter intuitive effect. So I recommend people not to take them unless they have had an operation or have some other serious issue.

It's been known for a long time - this is an old link but lots of newer ones around too. Avoid painkillers if you can!! I'm convinced that's why I don't suffer from headaches or back pain (I'm in my late 50s).

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-19622016

PS - I'm not anti-medication, and am an avid vaccine supporter but the evidence is there that painkillers really shouldn't be used as an every-day med unless necessary. (That doesn't mean I agree with Trump though.)

Same guy that said drinking bleach would cure COVID? 😮🤦‍♂️🤣

So paracetamol is going to become the next MMR? Women’s won’t take it, so will place themselves and their unborn children at even higher risk.
Saying i despair about what is happening in the States (and thus the world)at the moment doesn’t really explain how this makes me feel.
How did it come to this?

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/21/trump-officials-tylenol-autism?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

How dare women in pain take paracetamol? This pisses me off so much. If men got pregnant, it would be totally fine to take opiates for a minor cold, but women have to suffer.

It is more likely that more people are being diagnosed with autism than rates have significantly increased.

A lot of autistic adults are either undiagnosed or weren't diagnosed until later life. This is not the same as 'the rate of autism has increased'.

RFK Jr does not believe in germ theory. Germ theory! He's a fucking idiot.

Not only caused by sex or drug use btw. And real problem if you get it, and virtually impossible to treat.

Hep B is given to newborns as the disease is easily contracted from caregivers as well from their mothers during birth. The idea that it is only from homosexual sex or drug use is an erroneous one spread by anti-vaxxers. Immunocompromised people and pregnant women are also susceptible to Hep B.

I was coming to say the same. Another way to control and gaslight women and put their health at risk.

There was a recent study that does link the two together.

Share the journal link then.

Im curious about this, because I thought there was a known link between fever at certain points in pregnancy and development. Pretty much the only time I take paracetamol is with a fever so id expect that to be a correlation

I cant remember whether I used paracetamol when I was pregnant with my autistic dd 🥺🥺 - i dont think i did

I think of the desperate parents of severely autistic children who have gone to trump for help - this isnt helping anyone

In that case, it’s not the paracetamol that’s the issue, it’s the fever.

And yes a strong fever during pregnancy can have severe impact on the baby/foetus.
And some viruses are also known to lead to birth defects too.
But that’s not paracetamol

What was even more ridiculous about the announcement I read a couple of weeks ago (from whichever Kennedy it is was) that in the same announcement he seemed to think that paracetamol and ibuprofen are the same thing.
He referred to "Tylenol" (brand name for paracetamol/acetaminophen) and "Advil" which is Ibuprofen.
He seemed oblivious that they are two completely different medications.