Podcast Host Joe Rogan Comments on Social Media Protests Against Tylenol Use Warnings During Pregnancy
On Friday, podcast host Joe Rogan used his platform on The Joe Rogan Experience to address a wave of social media videos featuring pregnant women consuming Tylenol in opposition to health guidance issued during the Trump administration.
These protests surfaced after the administration, supported by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., announced findings suggesting a link between acetaminophen use during pregnancy and autism diagnoses in children. The administration’s recommendation referenced a Harvard study as the basis for this association.
“I’ve been fascinated by these videos of pregnant women taking Tylenol to show Trump that they don’t believe in what RFK Jr. is saying, that it’s somehow anti-science when this science came from Harvard,” Rogan said during his show. “That’s where the study came from. He’s not making things up. And these people are like on TikTok — they’re pregnant women taking Tylenol.”
TikTok users posted clips showing themselves ingesting the medication, often accompanied by captions dismissing the Trump administration’s recommendation. In most videos reviewed by the Daily Caller News Foundation, women were seen consuming recommended doses rather than large quantities.
One widely viewed video featured a pregnant woman holding two capsules before swallowing them, with the text: “Here is me, a PREGNANT woman, taking TYLENOL because I believe in science and not someone who has no medical background.”
The Trump administration’s position aligns with prior guidance issued during the Biden-Harris administration. In 2021, the National Institutes of Health recommended that pregnant women minimize exposure by using the lowest effective dose for the shortest possible time if acetaminophen use was necessary.
The debate intensified after internal pharmaceutical company records surfaced. Documents obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation revealed that Johnson & Johnson, which marketed Tylenol until it spun off its consumer products division into Kenvue in 2023, had privately acknowledged concerns years earlier.
In 2018, Rachel Weinstein, U.S. director of epidemiology for Janssen, Johnson & Johnson’s pharmaceutical division, wrote: “The weight of the evidence is starting to feel heavy to me.” These records indicated that company officials had been aware of a potential link between acetaminophen use during pregnancy and neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism.
Despite these concerns, many public health experts and media outlets have dismissed the Trump administration’s position, characterizing it as overstated or politically motivated.
Rogan’s remarks highlighted the contradiction between the public dismissal of the study’s significance and the private acknowledgment from the drug’s manufacturer that the evidence merited consideration.
“Taking Tylenol is not good. For this reason, they are strongly recommending women limit Tylenol use when pregnant unless medically necessary,” President Trump said on Monday.
The guidance, based on the Harvard study and supported by existing recommendations from federal health authorities, has sparked controversy as political debate intersects with scientific findings.
At this time, officials have not issued a ban on acetaminophen use during pregnancy but have reiterated the importance of caution and limited use when prescribed by a physician. The issue remains under review as policymakers and medical researchers continue to examine potential risks linked to one of the most commonly used over-the-counter medications in the United States.
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