What the Science Says About Tylenol and Autism

Chasing Life

CNN

Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.4 • 7.8K Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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President Trump has linked the use of acetaminophen — brand name: Tylenol — during pregnancy to autism in children. In this episode of Paging Dr Gupta, Dr. Sanjay Gupta answers questions about how strong that association is. Plus, what are the consequences of not treating a fever during pregnancy? Producer: Andrea Kane Showrunner: Amanda Sealy Senior Producer: Dan Bloom Technical Director: Dan Dzula Executive Producer: Steve Lickteig Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Paging Dr. Gupta.
0:05.9	This is the show where I get to hear from you and hopefully provide you with some answers to your questions that are useful.
0:12.9	On today's episode, we're going to address something that you've surely read or heard about by now.
0:18.3	First, effective immediately, the FDA will be notifying physicians at the use of
0:23.6	a, well, let's see how we say that.
0:27.6	Acidaminophen, acetaminophen, is that okay?
0:34.6	Which is basically commonly known as Tylenol.
0:39.4	That, of course, was President Trump,
0:41.6	and he was talking about a new warning
0:43.1	by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
0:45.1	over the use of acetaminophen,
0:47.9	Tylenol, by pregnant women.
0:50.1	Now, what to do?
0:51.5	What is the link?
0:52.6	How strong is it?
0:54.0	And what should people do moving forward?
0:56.8	Let's get into a couple of your questions on the topic right after this break.
1:05.7	Why are businesses like HelloVet choosing Apple products and services?
1:10.3	So we started the business two years ago.
1:12.7	We had a few people who were used to PCs
1:14.9	and this was their first foray into Macs.
1:18.0	But it's been super smooth getting everyone onto those devices
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