#acetaminophen-tylenol

#acetaminophen-tylenol

The Food and Drug Administration and the Department of Health and Human Services are playing with women's health. Over the summer, the Food and Drug Administration convened a panel on whether certain antidepressants were safe to use in pregnancy. The Department of Health and Human Services officials recently announced their belief that Tylenol (acetaminophen) taken during pregnancy could cause autism. This posturing on antidepressants and the Tylenol pronouncement is causing fear and confusion in pregnant people who may need these medications.

Like a prophet of the pharmaceutical industry, Donald Trump took the microphone at the White House this Monday and sent a message to all pregnant women in his country: Don't take Tylenol, he said, referring to the main brand name used in the United States for acetaminophen, better known as paracetamol in some countries and marketed under various brands. He even asked them to tough it out and accept the fever and pain.