Almost excellent post, but behind paywall. This sentence is interesting however.
A preg lady should take this into account for her body and her child's development.
Which risk is higher? Fevers potential birth defects or Tylenol with potential autsim/ADHD/spectrum disorders?
If it says zero risk for Tylenol, it's a complete bullshit essay.
I copied and pasted the relevant excerpt. In case you skimmed over it, I'll recopy and repaste the relevant excerpt:
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In attacking the use of acetaminophen during pregnancy on Monday, President Trump and Health Secretary Robert F.
Kennedy Jr. cited unproven claims that the drug is linked to autism, while glossing over well-documented risks posed by fevers, which pregnant women often use acetaminophen to treat.
Mr. Trump said that acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol, might be justified if a pregnant woman had a severe fever. But he suggested that the bar should be extremely high, and at several other points declared, “Don’t take Tylenol,” with no qualification. “Fight like hell not to take it,” he said, warning that if someone did take it, “That, you’ll have to work out with yourself.”
Repeatedly, he insisted there was “no downside” to avoiding it.
But there is a downside: the risks of the fevers that acetaminophen can treat. It is the only drug that obstetricians commonly recommend to combat pain or fever during pregnancy, because options like ibuprofen can harm the fetus.
Decades of studies have shown a clear association between fevers early in pregnancy and a specific set of birth defects, including neural tube defects, some heart defects and cleft palates, said Dr. Eric Benner, a neonatologist at Duke University. “The evidence is really strong,” he said.
Dr. Benner emphasized that most of the time, the children of women who have fevers will be fine; these birth defects are rare.
But research has consistently found an increased risk.
If pregnant women are scared away from acetaminophen, “you run the risk of seeing increased incidence of those types of birth defects potentially for nothing,” he said.
There are also indications that fevers later in pregnancy may be linked to preterm birth. That is less strongly established than the link to birth defects, but there is an “increasing body of evidence” for it, said Dr. Scott Sullivan, the director of maternal-fetal medicine at Inova Health. That evidence fits with studies showing that heat in general, including from heat waves, may increase the risk of preterm birth, he added....
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I understand your reluctance to accept what is said in this nytimes excerpt: real-life, actual PHYSICIANS are pointing out the very real risks of not using Tylenol to reduce high fevers. To one used to accepting the opinions of Drs. trump and rfkjr, physicians with the letters, "M. D." after their names might appear to be imposters. They're not, but you likely will refuse to accept my word for it. That is your choice. As such, it's on you.
In an earlier post, I pointed out the fact that Temple Grandin was born before Tylenol was available. It looks as if you are unaware of who she is - something I find interesting, if you are going to weigh in on autism.
We have on-the-spectrum grandchildren. My husband is on the spectrum. (I might be as well.) I'll go with a possible genetic component before I'll give credence to Doctors trump and rfkjr's "notions".
