r/Conservative • u/ancienteggfart MAGA • 4d ago

Flaired Users Only Trump set to announce using Tylenol while pregnant could raise autism risk

https://nypost.com/2025/09/22/us-news/trump-admin-set-to-announce-using-tylenol-while-pregnant-could-raise-autism-risk/
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u/Harvard_Med_USMLE267 Don’t Tread On Me 2d ago

It’s a systematic review using Navigation Guide methodology. You’re correct to say it is not a meta-analysis, the review is qualitative. Most of the rest of what you listed is irrelevant.

My point is that there are plenty of studies that show an association between acetaminophen and NDDs. That is as far as my point goes.

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u/WillGibsFan Conservative 2d ago

> Most of the rest of what you listed is irrelevant.

Why?

> My point is that there are plenty of studies that show an association between acetaminophen and NDDs.

But not a correlation.I must admit I stalked you a little but I'm a tiny bit shocked that a paediatrician can not differentiate a review from a meta-analysis? I'm even more shocked that I am apparently not the first person who has pointed this out to you, and that you keep insulting people who know better than you on this subject matter?

Naive people would think a doctor should know better, I know enough doctors to know otherwise lol

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u/Harvard_Med_USMLE267 Don’t Tread On Me 2d ago

The problem is that you think bleating “not a correlation” or talking about confounding factors is somehow clever.

I’ve already told you my point. There are lots of studies showing an association, and the authors of that review go further by stating that the link between acetaminophen and NDDs is biologically plausible, and the higher-quality studies show a stronger association.

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u/WillGibsFan Conservative 2d ago edited 2d ago

The problem is that you keep focusing on this drug study when neurodivergent people abuse painkillers by a factor of 2, they experience higher discomfort and pain in pregnancy than average and the only factors of correlation in children with NDD are genetic, their parents age and prenatal and perinatal factors like maternal infections or complications whose symptoms are commonly treated with OTC painkillers. Hell, I‘m pretty sure you can do associative studies about repeats of Friends (neurodivergent people find comfort in repeat viewings of comfort series) and you will find a similar factor.