[_mlbt]

Why are doctors telling women that it's okay to take Tylenol during pregnancy in the first place? Everything they put in their bodies can have an effect on the baby so medication for pregnant mothers should be severely limited. Why haven't we learned from the Thalidomide scandal?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalidomide_scandal

Tylenol only helps for minor aches and pains that frankly, pregnant mothers should just deal with for the good of their unborn child. The risk is not worth it.

RFK Jr. isn't right on everything, but he's not wrong on everything either and it's refreshing seeing someone head HHS that isn't in big pharma's pocket for a change.

[hshdhdhj4444]

Yeah, it’s refreshing seeing someone not in Big Pharma’s pocket.

Much better that he be in Big Wellness’s pocket which is an order of magnitude bigger, unregulated, and doesn’t need to provide evidence for their claims.

[_mlbt]

Is he in Big Wellness's pocket? I hadn't heard anything about that. Who's paying him off? He's a Kennedy with a net worth of about $15 million so he doesn't exactly need the money. He strikes me as an authentic true believer in his cause, but he could just be a really convincing con man, so I'd love to learn more about this.

Please link to some credible sources showing that he's being paid off by someone.

[Workaccount2]

He literally just repeats whatever trends the crunchy moms on tiktok are latching onto. He's definitely not getting paid, but he's certainly carrying the banner and basking in the praise...

[hshdhdhj4444]

Here’s a NYPost link, hardly a liberal rag (being owned by Rupert Murdoch).

https://nypost.com/2025/01/30/us-news/rfk-jr-in-cash-grab-to...

[exe34]

> doesn't exactly need the money.

has this ever stopped anybody?

[add-sub-mul-div]

> Why are doctors telling women that it's okay to take Tylenol during pregnancy in the first place?

Untreated symptoms are also bad for the baby, and other OTC painkillers are worse than acetaminophen. You have to become informed and choose the least bad option for your situation (trimester, medical history, etc) rather than let a demagogue point your outrage at a random imperfect solution.

[BJones12]

> Untreated symptoms are also bad for the baby

[Citation Needed]

[8note]

> pregnant mothers should just deal with for the good of their unborn child

Who's to say that the mother experiencing a ton of pain doesnt also affect the fetus?

where's your proof that its safe to leave a prefnant woman in pain?

[saubeidl]

This is just another far-right ideological attempt at restricting women's bodily autonomy - this time the angle just happens to be nonscientific fearmongering about medicines.

[Workaccount2]

"Not in big pharmas pocket" = "Baselessly refute expert opinion"

[lyu07282]

See what you have done democrats? The reason these lunatics are everywhere including HN is solely because liberals didn't pass universal health care. If the choice is between the big pharma corporate puppetshow or the batshit insane fascist freakshow, eventually people go with the crazies.

[viraptor]

> Why are doctors telling women that it's okay to take Tylenol during pregnancy in the first place?

Because there's no clear evidence to the contrary. Research and published papers would be more convincing here than an accusation.

> pregnant mothers should just deal with for the good of their unborn child

There's a number of things they should be restricted from for the good of the child of course, as men request. Blessed be the fruit. /s