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Texas sues Tylenol company over autism claims (www.texastribune.org)

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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.

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[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 76 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

I’m not a lawyer but shouldn’t J&J be suing the Federal Government for making utterly unsubstantiated claims in an official announcement?

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 21 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I think they’re waiting for the damages to really rack up. Then they can sue the taxpayer for billions and nobody can stop them.

[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 9 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

We could put on a really big tinfoil hat and say that this is all a plan to funnel billions of taxpayer dollars to J&J by way of crafting an airtight lawsuit for them to win and get awarded an absolutely massive payout.

[–] laranis@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 hours ago

Few years ago I would have agreed. Now, it is guaranteed this is some sort of grift. No conspiracy theory need apply.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

this is all a plan to funnel billions of taxpayer dollars to J&J by way of crafting an airtight lawsuit for them to win and get awarded an absolutely massive payout.

Not too big of a hat. When J&J had cyanide laced Tylenol capsules come out of a production facility in Illinois in the 80s, not only did they lie to media about cyanide not being in the plant, the FBI repeated the lie and then Ronald Reagan gave a medal to the CEO to help convince Americans it was safe to take this drug, which is well known to cause liver damage.

Cold Case: The Tylenol Murders, is on Netflix.

At the time, FBI and Government told everyone the tainted drugs were from a lone nut who put cyanide in the bottles. After those deaths, all drugs have safety seals to this day.

But a second poisoning came from caplets sealed at the factory and prescribed in a hospital. Only then was it revealed that cyanide was present in the plant, used to calibrate QC instruments. What is incredible is that within a few years, Tylenol sales were stronger than ever in the US. The rest of world curbed use of this drug because of liver toxicity.

[–] RustyOwl@lemmy.world 15 points 13 hours ago

I really am baffled that they have not sued.

[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 16 points 14 hours ago

I believe it's called slander?