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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The JAMA study only looked at risk during pregnancy. There is more than one study that found an increased risk with Tylenol given after delivery to infants and children.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5536672/
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5044872/
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10915458/
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7017213/

Anecdotally, sample size of 1- I know someone who gave their baby Tylenol probably twice a day for nearly a year for "teething"... the child turned out severely autistic. Who knows if that was the cause, but I can't help but wonder whenever I see the child. [/quote]

I’m too tired to read the full text versions of these articles, which are probably behind a paywall anyway. Do any of them mention the possibility that the condition/reasons that prompted the frequent Tylenol use could underlie the link to autism? For example, a parent might give a really fussy infant Tylenol thinking they are in chronic pain. But the fussiness is actually due to their brain wiring being different, leading to sensory overload/irritability that they cannot communicate so they just cry.

The gold standard is RCTs which we can’t do for ethical reasons. Data based on retrospective self reports can be quite flawed. Just because something for published in a journal doesn’t make it a great study.[/quote]

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