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- Title
Did Acetaminophen Provoke the Autism Epidemic?
- Authors
Good, Peter
- Abstract
Schultz et al (2008) raised the question whether regression into autism is triggered, not by the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine, but by acetaminophen (Tyleno®) given for its fever and pain. Considerable evidence supports this contention, most notably the exponential rise in the incidence of autism since 1980, when acetaminophen began to replace aspirin for infants and young children. The impetus for this shift -- a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warning that aspirin was associated with Reye's syndrome -- has since been compellingly debunked. If aspirin not to be feared as a cause of Reye's syndrome, and acetaminophen is to be feared as a cause of autism, can the autism epidemic be reversed by replacing acetaminophen with aspirin or other remedies?
- Subjects
UNITED States; AUTISM; DRUG side effects; ACETAMINOPHEN; MMR vaccines; ASPIRIN; CENTERS for Disease Control &; Prevention (U.S.)
- Publication
Alternative Medicine Review, 2009, Vol 14, Issue 4, p364
- ISSN
1089-5159
- Publication type
Article