“Don’t take it!” Don’t take it! »» Donald Trump had not dressed in blouse but it was with the component of a family doctor that he delivered, on Monday, September 22, his prescriptions in terms of children’s health. The American president notably advised against pregnant women to take paracetamol, a product marketed across the Atlantic under the name of Tylenol. According to him, this painkiller would be linked to the increase in cases of autism in the world in general, and in the United States in particular. He also attacked the vaccination of infants.
The administration is based in particular on a study published in the United States in August, conducted by Mount Sinai teams and led by a Harvard teacher. If it remains cautious about the existence of a direct link, it highlights elements that push the authors to encourage caution in taking paracetamol by pregnant women. Two other studies, published in the Journal of American Medical AssociationPrivileged by most experts, because on wider cohorts, refute any correlation. In any case, doctors agree to date that the drug remains the best option to fight fever and pain during pregnancy.
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