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Sept. 26, 2025, 2:33 PM EDTBy Aria BendixPresident Donald Trump on Friday gave a string of unproven medical advice about Tylenol and childhood vaccines, some of which directly contradicted guidance from his administration’s own health agencies under the leadership of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.The comments, posted to Trump’s Truth Social platform, echoed his previous remarks at a Monday press briefing where he announced that the Food and Drug Administration was warning doctors not to prescribe acetaminophen — the active ingredient in Tylenol — to pregnant women, claiming it may be tied to autism in children. The bulk of scientific research has not identified such a link.Trump again said Friday on Truth Social that pregnant women should not use Tylenol “unless absolutely necessary,” adding that young children should not take Tylenol “for virtually any reason.” The FDA warning applies to pregnant women, not children, and says Tylenol can be given during pregnancy in cases of high fever, when the fever may pose a health risk to the fetus. Trump’s comments also are inconsistent with those of Vice President JD Vance, who during an interview with NewsNation on Wednesday advised pregnant women to “follow your doctor” when it comes to taking acetaminophen.Trump does not have a medical or scientific background. The responsibility for setting vaccine or drug use recommendations falls to federal health agencies, not the White House.The president’s position on vaccines has wavered over the years. At times, he has encouraged their use and touted his first administration’s developing Covid vaccines at the beginning of the pandemic. However, his decision to appoint Kennedy, a longtime anti-vaccine activist, as health secretary and his recent spreading of vaccine misinformation have raised alarms in the scientific community. At the White House event on acetaminophen last week, Trump seemed to offer his most emphatic support to date of Kennedy’s agenda, which has included commissioning a probe into the causes of autism. Trump embarked on a tangent about how children receive too many vaccines, echoing a common talking point among vaccine skeptics.“They pump so much stuff into those beautiful little babies,” he said. “It’s a disgrace.”The Department of Health and Human Services deferred comment to the White House. A White House official said Trump was amplifying the latest HHS guidance urging people to exercise caution before taking pharmaceuticals.Trump also wrote Friday that kids should get hepatitis B shots at age 12 or older, which goes against guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The agency says the first dose of the three-dose series should be given within 24 hours of birth because hepatitis B can be transmitted from mother to child during delivery. The CDC’s vaccine advisory panel had been considering delaying the shot until at least one month after birth — not until age 12 — but tabled the vote last week. Children can be infected at any age through contact with the bodily fluids of a person with hepatitis B. The incurable infection can lead to liver disease, cancer and death. Doctor, medical reporter fact-check Trump announcement on acetaminophen and autism14:31Trump also said Friday that the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine should be broken up into three shots and not “mixed” — even though the shots have been combined since 1971 and aren’t made individually. And he recommended taking the “chicken p” vaccine — presumably a reference to the chickenpox vaccine — separately. Pediatricians commonly administer the chickenpox vaccine and MMR vaccine separately, though a combination shot is available to reduce the number of shots babies receive and increase the chances that kids will get all of their vaccinations. The CDC advisory committee voted last week not to recommend that combination vaccine for small children due to an increased risk of febrile seizures (seizures prompted by fevers that tend to resolve quickly). Doctors have known about the risk for years, and many public health experts viewed the committee’s decision last week as taking choice away from parents. The vote did not change the CDC’s recommended vaccine schedule: Kids should get vaccinated for measles, mumps and rubella twice — once at 12 to 15 months and again at 4 to 6 years, per the agency. Chickenpox vaccines can be given at the same doctor’s visit. Combination MMR and chickenpox vaccines can still be given to older kids, since there is no evidence of an increased risk of febrile seizure in this age group. Trump advised people on Friday to “take vaccine in five separate medical visits,” though it is unclear whether he was referring to specific shots or the childhood immunization schedule. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends seven well-child visits (when babies typically receive their shots) in the first year of life. However, not every doctor or parent follows that schedule to the letter, and the CDC offers ranges in which childhood immunizations can be administered.Aria BendixAria Bendix is the breaking health reporter for NBC News Digital.Monica Alba and Alana Satlin contributed.
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Nov. 30, 2025, 6:00 AM ESTBy David CoxIn early 2023, Liana Shatova began taking low doses of an antidepressant to ease symptoms of a premenstrual disorder marked by mood swings, anxiety and depression. At first, the difference was remarkable for her. “I felt full of energy and could juggle multiple things at once,” said Shatova, 40, a business development manager from the Greater Boston area. Then, after around 18 months on the medication, she started to fear she was becoming emotionally numb.“My best friend’s mom died unexpectedly, everyone was in shock and sobbing, and I couldn’t cry at all,” said Shatova. “I just felt nothing.” When Shatova asked her doctor if she could stop taking the medication sertraline, an antidepressant better known by its brand name Zoloft, she said she was reassured that she was on the lowest prescribed dose and that coming off it wouldn’t be difficult.Initially all seemed well, but after a month, Shatova said she experienced her first bout of what would become chronic insomnia, followed by panic attacks. Other symptoms emerged, including night sweats, muscle and joint pain and mood swings that left her unable to work. She said her doctor told her that the symptoms were a relapse of her premenstrual dysphoric disorder, and suggested a different antidepressant. Shatova declined the new drug.Antidepressants, primarily SSRIs, or selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, are some of the most widely prescribed medications in the United States, taken by tens of millions of adults. About twice as many women as men report using an antidepressant in the past 30 days, with antidepressant use highest among women aged 60 and older, according to government data.Side effects are a key reason people choose to go off their medication, but stopping the drugs can also lead to withdrawal symptoms, research indicates. Along with the growing awareness, a deprescribing movement is building up in the field of psychiatry, aimed at helping patients reduce or stop their medications when no longer considered necessary. In a recent large analysis published in The Lancet in November, researchers at King’s College London found that physical side effects, including quick weight gain, significantly increased heart rate or elevated blood pressure, may be more common than once thought, depending on the drug. The review analyzed results from 151 clinical trials and 17 reports from the Food and Drug Administration, involving about 30 different prescription drugs used to treat depression, anxiety, and bipolar and panic disorders. The researchers examined the effects of antidepressants on weight, blood glucose, total cholesterol, blood pressure and heart rate. They didn’t look at emotional changes experienced by patients such as Shatova, although the lead study author said it should be examined further in future studies. “Not all antidepressants are built the same when it comes to their physical health side effects,” said Dr. Toby Pillinger, an academic clinical lecturer at King’s College London, who led the study. “Up until recently, we’ve approached antidepressant prescribing with a one-size-fits-all policy, and I think we need to move away from that.”Separately, in August, psychiatry researchers in the U.K. found that serious withdrawal effects may be more common than previously suspected, especially with longer-term use, although the study was small with just 18% of participants responding to the survey. The results showed that among people who had been taking antidepressants for more than two years, 63% reported moderate or severe withdrawal effects, with a third describing withdrawal issues that lasted more than three months. Symptoms ranged from insomnia to confusion, electric sensations, muscle cramps, agitation, mood swings and derealisation or an alteration in the person’s perception of the world. Dr. Mark Horowitz, a clinical research fellow at University College London who led the withdrawal study, said other research has found that roughly a quarter of patients experience severe symptoms when they abruptly stop taking their medications, from burning pain in the skin or limbs, balance problems, ongoing panic attacks, and sound and light sensitivity. Abrupt cessation of antidepressants is not recommended, but research has found that withdrawal symptoms can occur even when people attempt to taper. A review of various existing studies published last year by a group of German psychiatrists concluded that as many as 1 in 3 antidepressant users will experience some kind of withdrawal symptoms, with severe symptoms occurring in 1 in 30 users. Dr. Joseph Goldberg, clinical professor of psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, said that antidepressants have long been known to cause “discontinuation symptoms,” mainly nausea and dizziness, particularly if stopped abruptly.It’s unclear why some patients have severe symptoms after stopping their medications. Some researchers, concerned by reports of antidepressant withdrawal, suggest that the underlying mechanisms are similar to those faced by people suffering from alcohol and opiate withdrawal. “Withdrawal symptoms tell you that your brain is trying to restore a balance that it was forced to change by the presence of a drug,” said David Cohen, professor of social welfare at the University of California Los Angeles. “I think it’s the best accepted explanation for why stopping any centrally active drug, whether its antidepressants, coffee or heroin, leads to some discomfort.”The challenge for psychiatrists is that the drugs, which are often prescribed along with therapy, do help many people, particularly in the short term. Dr. Jonathan Alpert, a psychiatry professor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, said that anecdotes of extreme withdrawal do not reflect his own professional experience. In his practice, Alpert estimated that two-thirds of his patients have been on antidepressants for more than five years, and only a small handful had experienced protracted withdrawal symptoms lasting more than a few days.“There’s been this very inflated idea that it’s really difficult to come off psychiatric medications,” said Alpert. “Even though I respect people’s narratives of their own experience, it feels very different from what we see in clinical practice and research studies.”Goldberg also expressed skepticism as to whether antidepressants themselves are actually responsible for the symptoms being reported by patients. “If somebody, after years of treatment, develops some frankly rather peculiar and unexpected neurological problems, I’m not sure how confident one can attribute that to medicine,” he said. “Anything is possible. But I think we have to consider the more likely possibility that the thing they’re encountering may be unrelated.” More than a year after Shatova first attempted to taper off the medication, she said she’s still undergoing a painstaking process of tiny, gradual reductions to try to avoid exacerbating her symptoms. “I am still tapering and now at 0.835 mg of Zoloft, doing it very slowly and carefully,” she said. “My sleep has gotten better, but I still have windows and waves triggered by life stresses and hormonal fluctuations.” It’s important not to dismiss people’s experiences, Goldberg said, and anyone going through symptoms should undergo further testing. A past president of American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology, Goldberg said that the organization is now completing new guidelines on deprescribing. The goal is to help doctors explain what to expect when stopping psychiatric medications so patients don’t self-taper without medical supervision.Alpert suggested analyzing different types of data stored in electronic health records to get insight into the characteristics of patients who have prolonged withdrawal symptoms. “Do they have abnormal MRIs or blood tests with inflammatory markers? Through looking at large datasets, it will be more possible to identify predictors of this subset of people who seem to have unusually prolonged symptoms.”Cohen feels that the field of psychiatry needs to speed up research. However, in the wake of the 43% cut to the National Institutes of Health annual budget proposed to Congress by the current administration, a figure which is equivalent to $20 billion per year, it is likely that such studies would need to be carried out by either U.K. or European researchers. “We need large, nonindustry funded trials to examine what happens when people stop antidepressants, using various tapering strategies and long enough follow-up,” Cohen said. “We need dozens of such trials now.”If you or someone you know is in crisis, call or text 988, or go to 988lifeline.org, to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. You can also call the network, previously known as the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, at 800-273-8255, or visit SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources.David CoxDavid Cox is a freelance journalist focusing on all aspects of health, from fitness and nutrition to infectious diseases and future medicines. Prior to becoming a full-time journalist, he was a neuroscientist attempting to understand how and why the brain goes wrong.
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