Tylenol Linked to Increased Risk of Autism

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Tylenol Linked to Increased Risk of Autism


News media has not reported this: at least one study published in the May
2008 issue of the journal Autism has associated the use of Tylenol in tandem
with the administration of the MMR vaccine drastically increased risk of
autism.

Schultz S.T. and colleagues of the University of California(San Diego)
analyzed data collected online through a survey of 83 children with autism
and 80 control children from July 16 2005 to Jan 30 2006 and found an
association between the use of acetaminophen ( paracetamol) and elevated
risk of autism.

Specifically, acetaminophen use after measles-mumps-rubella vaccination was
linked to 6.11 fold higher risk of autistic disorder in children ages 5
years or younger, 3.97 fold higher risk in children with regression in
development, and 8.23 fold higher risk in those who had post-vaccination
sequelae.

In contrast, ibuprofen use after MMR vaccine was not associated with autism
spectrum disorder.

Good P. published an article in Dec 14 2009 issue of Alternative Medicine
Review - a journal of clinical therapeutics - saying that the exponential
rise in the incidence of autism began to occur in 1980 when acetaminophen
began to replace aspirin for infants and young children.

The switch from aspirin to Tylenol, according to Good, came after the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned that aspirin was
associated with Reye's syndrome.

Just days ago, The Lancet, a British medical journal, retracted a paper
authored by distinguished medical researchers led by Dr. Andrew Wakefield
which found that children with autism had received the MMR vaccine.

The retraction came 12 years after the UK General Medical Council's Fitness
to Practice Panel ruled on Jan 28 that "several elements of the 1998 paper
by Wakefield et al are incorrect" because the paper is "contrary to the
findings of another earlier investigation."

The journal's action did not prove that there wasn't any association between
the MMR vaccine and autism risk. It explained "the claims in the original
paper that children were "consecutively referred" and that investigations
were "approved" by the local ethics committee have been proven to be false.
Therefore we fully retract this paper from the published r ..."

Additionally, Tylenol and vaccines are not the only suspected causes for
increased autism risk.

According to Dr. John Cannell, vitamin D deficiency, particularly in women
during pregnancy, can be a powerful risk factor for children's autism.

Hollywood couple Jim Carrey and Jenny McCarthy have treated their autistic
son with nutrition supplements; they have found many positive benefits of
dietary supplementation.

By Jimmy downs and editing by Rachel Stockton

News media has not reported this: at least one study published in the May
2008 issue of the journal Autism has associated the use of Tylenol in tandem
with the administration of the MMR vaccine drastically increased risk of
autism.