President Trump on Sunday once again urged pregnant women not to take Tylenol unless “absolutely necessary,” to avoid giving the over-the-counter drug to children “for any reason” and to break up doses of some vaccines.
Trump’s second call has come after a month He and top health officials It has been said that pregnant women should not take acetaminophen – one of the most commonly used drugs in the world – for pain relief due to the potential risk of autism, although there is no new evidence to prove that the drug directly causes it.
This advice was notable because acetaminophen was seen as the safest painkiller for pregnant women.
But Trump doubled down on his call with Sunday’s post.
“Pregnant women, do not use Tylenol unless absolutely necessary, do not give your young child Tylenol for almost any reason, break the MMR shot into three separate pieces (not mix!), get the chicken pea shot separately, get the hepatitis B shot at age 12 or older, and, importantly, at 5 separate medical visits,” Trump said in a post on TruthSocial. Let’s take the vaccine!” Daily Caller News Foundation The article claimed that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) remained silent about potential Tylenol risks.
President too gave personal suggestions Last month, he gave advice to parents on when and how to get certain vaccinations for their children, saying it was based on their own feelings.
Jim O’Neill, Acting Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) supported Trump’s call To split the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine, despite no research supporting the change.
Both the World Health Organization and the European Union have refuted Trump’s claim that acetaminophen may cause conditions like autism and ADHD when pregnant women take it. The FDA acknowledged that “no causal relationship has been established” in public statements following Trump’s initial plea.
Medical organizations have also approved acetaminophen as safe for pregnant women, including both the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM).
However, Trump and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in September that the FDA would begin updating the labels on acetaminophen and inform physicians that Tylenol “may be associated with a greatly increased risk of autism.”
Last week, Tylenol manufacturerKenview called the FDA To withdraw the proposed safety label change. The current label instructs people who are pregnant or breastfeeding to “ask a health professional before use.”
In response to a civil lawsuit filed last month, the company said that “extensive scientific evidence developed over many years” does not support a causal relationship between acetaminophen use in pregnancy and developmental disorders.
The citizen petition was filed by the Informed Consent Action Network, an anti-vaccine nonprofit with close ties to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
“Acetaminophen is one of the most studied drugs in history, and the scientific evidence regarding acetaminophen use in pregnancy and neurodevelopmental outcomes has been consistently evaluated by the FDA and industry for more than a decade,” Kenview said.
The company said adopting the change would be “arbitrary, capricious and contrary to law”.
Kenview said last week that he met with Kennedy and other HHS staff in early September when he reached out to “express his views about the connection between acetaminophen and autism.”
The company said it told Kennedy that the science does not support a causal link for pregnant women, nor does it support any link between postpartum use of acetaminophen and autism and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.
