{"id":196665,"date":"2025-10-08T04:37:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T04:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/196665\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T04:37:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T04:37:10","slug":"parents-flock-to-tylenol-alternatives-amid-trump-autism-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/196665\/","title":{"rendered":"Parents flock to Tylenol alternatives amid Trump autism claims"},"content":{"rendered":"

When President Trump warned that pregnant women<\/a> and children<\/a> should avoid taking Tylenol, the wellness industry was ready to pounce.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cYour choices are NOT take mainstream drugs or suffer. There are alternatives,\u201d wrote Kate Tietje, co-founder of the homeopathic products company Earthley Wellness, on Facebook soon after Trump\u2019s Sept. 22 announcement. The company\u2019s \u201cFeel Better Fast<\/a>\u201d tincture promises to address fevers and headaches with ingredients including echinacea and fennel seed.<\/p>\n

Influencers like Holistic Heidi<\/a> and Organic Minded Mom<\/a> posted discount codes to Dr. Green Life Organics and other herbal alternatives, while Ali Miller RD<\/a> and Rowe Casa Organics<\/a> pointed followers to their own products. \u201cWellness influencers are well-practiced\u201d at capitalizing on fear, \u201ceven if that\u2019s fear they helped manufacture,\u201d creator and wellness debunker Mallory DeMille said in an Instagram post<\/a> rounding up the Tylenol response.<\/p>\n

The fanfare over Tylenol alternatives isn\u2019t limited to herbal remedies. KinderFarms, a health product company co-founded by actress Jessica Biel, launched an acetaminophen medication without dyes or artificial sweeteners last week. (It recalled<\/a> an earlier version of the product in 2023 over concerns about the acetaminophen\u2019s instability, warning that it could lead to problems like nausea and jaundice.) The KinderFarms homepage is currently dominated by the message \u201cLooking for an alternative to Children\u2019s Tylenol<\/a>?\u201d, written in large, bold type. Genexa, an Atlanta-based firm that bills itself as \u201cthe first clean medicine company,\u201d also offers an acetaminophen product without artificial additives<\/a> aimed at kids, though the company kept a low profile in the aftermath of the Tylenol news.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The vast majority of medical experts say there\u2019s insufficient evidence<\/a> to support the Trump administration\u2019s claims of an association between autism and the use of acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol, during pregnancy. And the American Academy of Pediatrics says it\u2019s safe<\/a> for kids in appropriate amounts. But Americans are increasingly wary of traditional drugs and pharmaceutical companies \u2014 a frustration that\u2019s among the most frequent talking points of the Make America Healthy Again movement, with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.\u2019s claim<\/a> that Americans have been \u201cmass-poisoned by Big Pharma and Big Food.\u201d Parents are seeking out products advertised as natural, organic, or clean alternatives, leading to new growth opportunities<\/a> in the over-the-counter pediatric market, according to market research firm Lucintel.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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