Tylenol Liver Damage Signs, Causes, Dosage, Stages & Prognosis 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 Oxidative stress mediates end organ damage in a novel model of acetaminophen toxicity in Drosophila Scientific Reports Myth busting, Acetaminophen version. "Avoid Acetaminophen (Tylenol) because it causes glutathione depletion". Truth?? As a pediatrician and ER doctor and as moms we're often asked about this. And we understand why: