Please cite sources for all of this.

The mechanism of action for Tylenol is mostly known and regardless it is not uncommon to have medicines with an unknown mechanism approved (e.g. gabapentin).

Furthermore, the mechanism of harm you quote is not, in fact, a known one. Frankly, I can’t tell where you pulled that from. The primary mechanism of harm is liver damage from prolonged use.

Finally, the association with autism is still under debate and I see several possible confounding effects in the current research.

Your post is incredibly misinformative and you should not be talking about anything medical science related if you know this little. You could get people hurt if they listen to you.

Acute liver toxicity is the real danger. There’s no coming back from that

Oops yes you’re correct, I mistyped — it was supposed to read prolonged or excessive use.

Paracetamol is one of the safest drugs out there.

What's the alternative, ibuprofen? I think children are already discouraged from taking aspirin because it can cause deadly side effects.

Ibuprofen is not terrible, and there's a children's version. I think it's usually better to let children have mild fevers, and do something else when the fever is more serious.

Tylenol does NOT have anti-inflammatory properties. Ibuprofen is a better in many different ways.

And Tylenol/paracetamol will destroy your liver.

Is this only in large doses (>4g/day), or does taking Tylenol a couple times a week for a headache also increase the risk? I've always read the it's the former - which is a problem, because it's so close the the therapeutic dose. But for many people who take it once in a while, it's a godsend.

Normally, they say it happens after a certain dosage, and it's a bit like a cliff effect: go a little over that dosage and suddenly you have liver damage.

However, surely this dosage would be radically different between different people: a 40kg woman is not like a 100kg man.

And finally, if this drug is SO dangerous if you have a little too much of it, I have zero confidence that it's at all safe at ANY normal dosage (esp. since the dangerous dosage is very close to the normal prescribed dosage; it's not like you have to down a whole bottle at once to have a big problem). I simply don't see how this drug should even be legal for OTC use, or why it should be used at all in most situations when there's better and safer alternatives: aspirin, ibuprofen, etc. Personally, I'm simply not going to take the risk. Why bother?

Ibuprofen is inappropriate for pregnant women, and interacts with tons of medications. It is not nearly as safe as Tylenol

Tylenol is basically the only drug pregnant women are allowed to take

wrong spelling: *paracEtamol

"pa-ruh-SEE-tuh-mol", with the "pa" being like the "ma" in "marriage".

As someone who lives in the UK, let me tell you, any interaction with the NHS ends with you being given paracetamol. It's like an inside joke that the whole population of the UK is in on.