President Donald Trump recently stated, “If you’re pregnant, don’t take Tylenol,” a directive that has caused confusion among expectant mothers.

A local emergency medicine physician is speaking out after the president’s comments, saying her goal is to help parents understand what they should know about taking Tylenol while pregnant.

“Making these types of comments can cause a lot of unnecessary fear in expectant mothers,” explained Dr. Sonya Rashid. “Tylenol is really only, really the only fever-reducing medication a mother can take safely in pregnancy, because it’s not going to have as many effects on the fetus. And if a mother is having a fever in pregnancy, that can be really bad for the fetus or the developing child.”

She continued to explain that Tylenol has been used commonly amon

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