4 ms·

There really are risks. It's just not worth it during pregnancy. The pain killing effects of tylenol aren't worth the potential risks during pregnancy. https:/

There really are risks. It's just not worth it during pregnancy. The pain killing effects of tylenol aren't worth the potential risks during pregnancy. https://www.mountsinai.org/about/newsroom/2025/mount-sinai-study-supports-evidence-that-prenatal-acetaminophen-use-may-be-linked-to-increased-risk-of-autism-and-adhd https://www.mountsinai.org/about/newsroom/2025/mount-sinai-s...

syntaxing 1y ago
What’s the alternative? Pregnant people are people too. They can’t take Ibuprofen, or opioids, or even Tylenol now.
- protonbob 1y ago
  Yeah my wife is also pregnant and sometimes it is really tough on her but she doesn't use any medication other than baby aspirin for blood pressure. The alternative is exercise, anti-inflammatory foods, and also realizing that it isn't just your body anymore and you can't hurt somebody else's chances for a very small amount of pain relief.
  - panarky 1y ago
    This is like saying "The risk of a traffic accident on the way to the hospital is unacceptable so I'll make her walk 12 miles to the hospital." Walking 12 miles is not only uncomfortable, it is also higher risk to Mom and baby than driving. You have to balance all the risks and benefits.
    - protonbob 1y ago
      Right. And the benefits for tylenol are small.
      - deeviant 1y ago
        And the risks are infinitesimally smaller.
      - albedoa 1y ago
        Dude. That ignores one half of the analysis that we are discussing here.
      - panarky 1y ago
        What is the benefit of treating fever? Fever during pregnancy can cause neural tube defects, congenital heart defects, orofacial clefts, miscarriage. It's great that you care so much about the infinitesimal risks of acetaminophen. You should care 100x more about these risks that are 100x or 1000x greater.
      - kelnos 1y ago
        But you aren't looking at the risks? Chronic pain can't be great for a pregnant woman and her developing fetus either, no?
  - jazzyjackson 1y ago
    Being miserable and in pain is also bad for the baby fwiw
  - ejstronge 1y ago
    > Yeah my wife is also pregnant and sometimes it is really tough on her but she doesn't use any medication other than baby aspirin for blood pressure. The alternative is exercise, anti-inflammatory foods, and also realizing that it isn't just your body anymore and you can't hurt somebody else's chances for a very small amount of pain relief. It very much is still your wife's body - what other sentient entity is available for consultation? I also am not sure if she is seeking professional medical advice - 'baby aspirin' is not a blood pressure medication, full stop. If this is based on non-medical doctor advice, please do consult a fully-qualified obstetrician. Edit, just because this is very worrying to me, for later viewers, aspirin is an NSAID and its use should be weighed similar to that of other NSAIDs in the context of pregnancy. Consider this web page: https://www.fda.gov/safety/medical-product-safety-information/nonsteroidal-anti-inflammatory-drugs-nsaids-drug-safety-communication-avoid-use-nsaids-pregnancy-20 https://www.fda.gov/safety/medical-product-safety-informatio...
    - protonbob 1y ago
      This is doctor prescribed. It is an extremely low dose. https://www.acog.org/clinical/clinical-guidance/committee-opinion/articles/2018/07/low-dose-aspirin-use-during-pregnancy https://www.acog.org/clinical/clinical-guidance/committee-op...
      - rubyn00bie 1y ago
        Did that doctor prescribe it to your wife? If not, you’re missing the point of the parent comment and that would be incredibly concerning.
        protonbob 1y ago
        Yes a doctor prescribed it to my wife.
      - ejstronge 1y ago
        You may not know this, but pre-eclampsia is not a synonym for hypertension. Instead, hypertension is a manifestation of preeclampsia. The baby aspirin is not for hypertension (it does nothing for hypertension). Its goal is to prevent changes in placental vasculature that may lead to severe pre-eclampsia in those already at risk for pre-eclampsia. One clinical sign that demonstrates risk for pre-eclampsia is high blood pressure.
  - s5300 1y ago
    [dead]
- threatofrain 1y ago
  Honestly I wouldn't know if it'd make a difference. The magnitude of pain relief we're talking about is puny.
- d0gsg0w00f 1y ago
  Honestly, it's probably just good practice for being a parent. The first thing you learn is that pain is your new normal. You just get used to it. It's kind of freeing, in a way. Lets you see your own pain from the outside like it's happening to someone else. Takes the power away.
panarky 1y ago
You can't look at just one risk and say it's not worth it. Like everything else in life, you must weigh all the risks and benefits. Untreated fever also carries real risks - neural tube defects, congenital heart defects, orofacial clefts, miscarriage. You need to treat fever, and NSAIDS have greater risks than acetaminophen. It's irrational to let a minuscule and unproven risk dominate the decision when the other side of the balance has more evidence of larger risks to weigh.
- protonbob 1y ago
  I didn't mean to say it should never be taken. Sometimes medicines should be taken that have risks for the baby. But it shouldn't be taken for minor headaches and aches and pains like it can be when not pregnant.
- kelnos 1y ago
  To be fair, at least in the US, doctors tend to be overly cautious when it comes to pregnancies. The bar for proven safety for treatments tends to be a bit higher than for non-pregnant people. "We haven't proven anything bad" is usually not good enough.
russdill 1y ago
There are also real risks to ignoring pain and the destructive effects it has to quality of life and mental well being, all of which can have effects on the mother's and the fetus's health. What is a pregnant person with debilitating pain such as a migraine supposed to do?
- protonbob 1y ago
  As I clarified in another comment, I was talking about avoiding it for common aches and pains. In cases of real migraines, I would be very grateful if tylenol gave any real relief. It never did for me.
  - russdill 1y ago
    Unfortunately drugs like sumatriptan have extremely limited data
delfinom 1y ago
>While the study does not show that acetaminophen directly causes neurodevelopmental disorders, _magic statement_. Because tylenol is often used to treat a symptom like inflammation, that is where the problem could really lie and needs more studying. Inflammation in the human body causes tons of damage. Shit, you know why measles is serious in adults? Sure pretty every adult can shrug it off, BUT. It causes mass inflammation in the human body, and because of that, it can and does make men sterile because inflammation kills the testes ability to produce sperm.
dyauspitr 1y ago
Yep, my wife didn’t take Tylenol during pregnancy due to actual studied risks to the child. If she had a headache she just bore the pain. RFK is a loony and I don’t know about the link to autism but Tylenol should not be taken by the mother during pregnancy.

syntaxing 1y ago

What’s the alternative? Pregnant people are people too. They can’t take Ibuprofen, or opioids, or even Tylenol now.

protonbob 1y ago
Yeah my wife is also pregnant and sometimes it is really tough on her but she doesn't use any medication other than baby aspirin for blood pressure. The alternative is exercise, anti-inflammatory foods, and also realizing that it isn't just your body anymore and you can't hurt somebody else's chances for a very small amount of pain relief.
- panarky 1y ago
  This is like saying "The risk of a traffic accident on the way to the hospital is unacceptable so I'll make her walk 12 miles to the hospital." Walking 12 miles is not only uncomfortable, it is also higher risk to Mom and baby than driving. You have to balance all the risks and benefits.
  - protonbob 1y ago
    Right. And the benefits for tylenol are small.
    - deeviant 1y ago
      And the risks are infinitesimally smaller.
    - albedoa 1y ago
      Dude. That ignores one half of the analysis that we are discussing here.
    - panarky 1y ago
      What is the benefit of treating fever? Fever during pregnancy can cause neural tube defects, congenital heart defects, orofacial clefts, miscarriage. It's great that you care so much about the infinitesimal risks of acetaminophen. You should care 100x more about these risks that are 100x or 1000x greater.
    - kelnos 1y ago
      But you aren't looking at the risks? Chronic pain can't be great for a pregnant woman and her developing fetus either, no?
- jazzyjackson 1y ago
  Being miserable and in pain is also bad for the baby fwiw
- ejstronge 1y ago
  > Yeah my wife is also pregnant and sometimes it is really tough on her but she doesn't use any medication other than baby aspirin for blood pressure. The alternative is exercise, anti-inflammatory foods, and also realizing that it isn't just your body anymore and you can't hurt somebody else's chances for a very small amount of pain relief. It very much is still your wife's body - what other sentient entity is available for consultation? I also am not sure if she is seeking professional medical advice - 'baby aspirin' is not a blood pressure medication, full stop. If this is based on non-medical doctor advice, please do consult a fully-qualified obstetrician. Edit, just because this is very worrying to me, for later viewers, aspirin is an NSAID and its use should be weighed similar to that of other NSAIDs in the context of pregnancy. Consider this web page: https://www.fda.gov/safety/medical-product-safety-information/nonsteroidal-anti-inflammatory-drugs-nsaids-drug-safety-communication-avoid-use-nsaids-pregnancy-20 https://www.fda.gov/safety/medical-product-safety-informatio...
  - protonbob 1y ago
    This is doctor prescribed. It is an extremely low dose. https://www.acog.org/clinical/clinical-guidance/committee-opinion/articles/2018/07/low-dose-aspirin-use-during-pregnancy https://www.acog.org/clinical/clinical-guidance/committee-op...
    - rubyn00bie 1y ago
      Did that doctor prescribe it to your wife? If not, you’re missing the point of the parent comment and that would be incredibly concerning.
      - protonbob 1y ago
        Yes a doctor prescribed it to my wife.
    - ejstronge 1y ago
      You may not know this, but pre-eclampsia is not a synonym for hypertension. Instead, hypertension is a manifestation of preeclampsia. The baby aspirin is not for hypertension (it does nothing for hypertension). Its goal is to prevent changes in placental vasculature that may lead to severe pre-eclampsia in those already at risk for pre-eclampsia. One clinical sign that demonstrates risk for pre-eclampsia is high blood pressure.
- s5300 1y ago
  [dead]
threatofrain 1y ago
Honestly I wouldn't know if it'd make a difference. The magnitude of pain relief we're talking about is puny.
d0gsg0w00f 1y ago
Honestly, it's probably just good practice for being a parent. The first thing you learn is that pain is your new normal. You just get used to it. It's kind of freeing, in a way. Lets you see your own pain from the outside like it's happening to someone else. Takes the power away.

panarky 1y ago

You can't look at just one risk and say it's not worth it. Like everything else in life, you must weigh all the risks and benefits. Untreated fever also carries real risks - neural tube defects, congenital heart defects, orofacial clefts, miscarriage. You need to treat fever, and NSAIDS have greater risks than acetaminophen. It's irrational to let a minuscule and unproven risk dominate the decision when the other side of the balance has more evidence of larger risks to weigh.

protonbob 1y ago
I didn't mean to say it should never be taken. Sometimes medicines should be taken that have risks for the baby. But it shouldn't be taken for minor headaches and aches and pains like it can be when not pregnant.
kelnos 1y ago
To be fair, at least in the US, doctors tend to be overly cautious when it comes to pregnancies. The bar for proven safety for treatments tends to be a bit higher than for non-pregnant people. "We haven't proven anything bad" is usually not good enough.

russdill 1y ago

There are also real risks to ignoring pain and the destructive effects it has to quality of life and mental well being, all of which can have effects on the mother's and the fetus's health. What is a pregnant person with debilitating pain such as a migraine supposed to do?

protonbob 1y ago
As I clarified in another comment, I was talking about avoiding it for common aches and pains. In cases of real migraines, I would be very grateful if tylenol gave any real relief. It never did for me.
- russdill 1y ago
  Unfortunately drugs like sumatriptan have extremely limited data

delfinom 1y ago

>While the study does not show that acetaminophen directly causes neurodevelopmental disorders, _magic statement_. Because tylenol is often used to treat a symptom like inflammation, that is where the problem could really lie and needs more studying. Inflammation in the human body causes tons of damage. Shit, you know why measles is serious in adults? Sure pretty every adult can shrug it off, BUT. It causes mass inflammation in the human body, and because of that, it can and does make men sterile because inflammation kills the testes ability to produce sperm.

dyauspitr 1y ago

Yep, my wife didn’t take Tylenol during pregnancy due to actual studied risks to the child. If she had a headache she just bore the pain. RFK is a loony and I don’t know about the link to autism but Tylenol should not be taken by the mother during pregnancy.