> Altern Med Rev. 2009 Dec;14(4):364-72. > > > Did acetaminophen provoke the autism epidemic?Good P. > > Independent researcher in central Oregon. After 30 years studying multiple > sclerosis he was struck by similarities between MS and autism. Email: > petergood1@mac. > > Schultz et al (2008) raised the question whether regression into autism is > triggered, not by the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine, but by > acetaminophen (Tylenol) 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 Reyes syndrome - has since been compellingly debunked. If > aspirin is not to be feared as a cause of Reyes 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? > > PMID: 20030462
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