Trump administration set to tie Tylenol to autism risk, officials say

leakycap 15 hours ago | parent | next [-]

As we've learned, it matters less if you're correct than if you're first and loud.

al_borland 15 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

How convenient, a drug the entire population has taken is the cause, and they are ready and waiting with a cure to sell.

I’m highly skeptical of all of this.

	▲	drankl 15 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It's most likely based on the findings discussed here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41574-021-00553-7

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dtagames 13 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Johnson & Johnson is not a friendly medicine company. They have a long history of causing and suppressing information about harms in their products. It's quite likely that they were responsible for the Tylenol contamination scare decades ago.[0]

Aside from that, acetaminophen had always been a dangerous drug to hand out willy-nilly. It's a major cause of overdose poisoning and is known to damage the liver. How was it ever approved in the first place? I'd say the same way as J&J's other products. It made up half their profit for most of its product life.

[0] https://www.amazon.com/No-More-Tears-Secrets-Johnson/dp/0593...

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3eb7988a1663 15 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Identified the cause and a drug product which can treat it? Surely nobody was front-running these announcements.

	▲	p_ing 15 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folinic_acid > used to decrease the toxic effects of methotrexate and pyrimethamine > Pyrimethamine [...] is a medication used with leucovorin (leucovorin is used to decrease side effects of pyrimethamine; it does not have intrinsic anti-parasitic activity) to treat the parasitic diseases toxoplasmosis and cystoisosporiasis OH ffs! Brain worms again?! These people are very unserious people in serious positions of power.

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bookofjoe 13 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

https://archive.ph/1pCvW

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FrankWilhoit 14 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

J&J "sold" Tylenol, and its long tail of liability, to a spinoff entity that now does not have enough cash to buy Trump off. It will probably simply disappear; the doctors will not go to bat for it.