Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing Johnson and Johnson, accusing the pharmaceutical company of failing to warn consumers about the risk of taking Tylenol while pregnant.

This lawsuit, the first of its kind from a state government, comes a month after President Donald Trump and U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announced updated guidance discouraging pregnant women from taking acetaminophen, citing it as a possible cause of autism. The announcement set off a wave of controversy in the health care community, and confusion among pregnant women unsure how they should manage fever and pain during pregnancy.

  • ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online
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    2 months ago

    Wait the state is suing the company? Shouldn’t it be the other way around? The company suing the CDC and RFK Jr. personally due to the clearly slanderous statements?

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    2 months ago

    Many have tried, and many have failed to sue them due to a lack of evidence.

    There has been no new evidence btw.

  • Constant Pain@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    There’s no controversy in the health community!!! There’s no link between acetaminophen and autism, period!

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      2 months ago

      Can’t help but notice you used exclamation marks instead of periods. Sincerely, the pedantic community.

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    2 months ago

    Is there any science proving this? Could I sue “Buckley’s Cough Syrup” because of my gut feeling that they caused my toenail fungus?

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      2 months ago

      a buddy of mine got a flu shot and then while walking out of the pharmacy he was hit by a car. Coincidence? No way.

    • 🍉 Albert 🍉@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      we can all agree that big corporate pharma sucks, but also that this lawsuit is bullshit.

      it isn’t really a lawsuit, just asking for a bribe.