acetaminophen (paracetamol)
Comment on Health Secretary Kennedy says there's 'not sufficient' proof to show Tylenol causes autism
Zanathos@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Tylenol told him they’d sue his pants off is likely what happened here. It’s only a US brand of a more generic aspirin after all. So which is it, the generic drug, or the brand name that causes autism? Surely can’t be both in this case.
determinist@kbin.earth 1 day ago
FishFace@piefed.social 1 day ago
Tylenol is paracetamol, aka acetaminophen, not aspirin.
oce@jlai.lu 1 day ago
Which is generally even safer than aspirin and ibuprofen.
Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Except for liver toxicity. It is actually the most common drug overdose.
Manjushri@piefed.social 1 day ago
Which is unsurprising. Too many people are unaware how easily you can OD on the stuff because they include it in medicines for other symptoms. Have a cold? Take a sinus medicine (Sudafed + Tylenol), and an expectorant (Mucinex + Tylenol), oh and maybe some Tylenol too for the headache.
moody@lemmings.world 1 day ago
If it wasn’t already grandfathered in since before the FDA existed, it probably never would have been apprived for sale.
Still doesn’t cause autism though.
oce@jlai.lu 1 day ago
All of them have a negative side effects of the prescription is not respected. It seems the toxic dose per kilogram for aspirin is similar to the one for paracetamol, and the one for ibuprofen is about twice more.