FDA Recommendations on Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy

First, uh, effective immediately, the FDA will be notifying

physicians that the use of

acet- uh, well, let's see how we say that.

Acetam-

Acetam-

Acet-

-minophen. Acetaminophen.

Is that okay?

Yes, it is.

Which is basically commonly known as Tylenol

during pregnancy can be associated

with a very

increased

risk of autism.

So taking Tylenol

is, uh,

not good. All right, I'll say it. It's not good.

For this reason, they are strongly recommending that women limit

Tylenol use during pregnancy unless medically

necessary.

That's, uh, for instance, in cases of extremely high

fever

that you feel you can't tough it out, you can't do it. I guess there's that.

It's a small

number of cases, I think. But if you can't tough it out, if you

can't do it, uh,

that's

what you're gonna have to do