If this study is true, it should be easy to compare prevalence of autism on these countries that don’t rely on Tylenol.
If this study is true, it should be easy to compare prevalence of autism on these countries that don’t rely on Tylenol.
Metamizole is actually a very interesting case, to me, as the associated risk is quite strange. It is legal and popular OTC for the majority of the world population; in the countries where it is legal, there are few deaths from the native population. Among tourists who consume it, however, mortality is unusually high. The Spanish health ministry declared in 2018 that it should not be used in the "floating population", including tourists. There may be a genetic component involving Anglo-Saxons. See: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/nov/26/painkiller-b...
Here's a map of its availability: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Metamizole_(Dipyrone...