A Possible Antidote for Tylenol (Paracetamol) Overdose American Council on Science and Health There's always a lot of noise online claiming that giving your child Tylenol (acetaminophen) for fever is harmful, disrupts development, or somehow blocks natural healing. As a board certified pediatrician who actually cares Early life acetaminophen exposure, glutathione S transferase genes, and development of adolescent asthma in a high risk birth cohort Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Acetaminophen Toxicity: How Genetic Susceptibility Combines with Environmental Factors Frontiers Acetaminophen: Beyond Pain and Fever Relieving Researchers are studying a possible link between acetaminophen (Tylenol) use during pregnancy and higher autism or ADHD risk. It may lower glutathione, an important antioxidant for brain development.