Tylenol Linked to Increased Risk of Autism

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Tylenol Linked to Increased Risk of Autism

News media has not reported this: at least one study published

in the May 2008 issue of the journal Autism has associated the use of

Tylenol in tandem with the administration of the MMR vaccine drastically

increased risk of autism.

Schultz S.T. and colleagues of the University of California(San Diego)

analyzed data collected online through a survey of 83 children with

autism and 80 control children from July 16 2005 to Jan 30 2006 and found

an association between the use of acetaminophen

(

paracetamol) and elevated risk of autism.

Specifically, acetaminophen use after measles-mumps-rubella vaccination

was linked to 6.11 fold higher risk of autistic disorder in children ages

5 years or younger, 3.97 fold higher risk in children with regression in

development, and 8.23 fold higher risk in those who had post-vaccination

sequelae.

In contrast, ibuprofen use after MMR vaccine was not associated with

autism spectrum disorder.

Good P. published an article in Dec 14 2009 issue of Alternative

Medicine Review - a journal of clinical therapeutics - saying

that the exponential rise in the incidence of autism began to occur in

1980 when acetaminophen began to replace aspirin for infants and young

children.

The switch from aspirin to Tylenol, according to Good, came after the

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned that aspirin was

associated with Reye's syndrome.

Just days ago, The Lancet, a British medical journal, retracted a paper

authored by distinguished medical researchers led by Dr. Wakefield

which found that children with autism had received the MMR vaccine.

The retraction came 12 years after the UK General Medical Council's

Fitness to Practice Panel ruled on Jan 28 that " several elements of

the 1998 paper by Wakefield et al are incorrect " because the paper

is " contrary to the findings of another earlier

investigation. "

The journal's action did not prove that there wasn't any association

between the MMR vaccine and autism risk. It explained

" the claims in the original paper that children were

" consecutively referred " and that investigations were

" approved " by the local ethics committee have been proven to be

false. Therefore we fully retract this paper from the published r

.... "

Additionally, Tylenol and vaccines are not the only suspected causes for

increased autism risk.

According to Dr. Cannell, vitamin D deficiency, particularly in

women during pregnancy, can be a powerful risk factor for children's

autism.

Hollywood couple Jim Carrey and McCarthy have treated their

autistic son with

nutrition supplements; they have found many positive benefits

of dietary supplementation.

By Jimmy downs and editing by Stockton

Sheri Nakken, R.N., MA, Hahnemannian

Homeopath

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