Tylenol Avoid or Not to Avoid? Acetaminophen (Tylenol) can deplete glutathione, your body's most important detox antioxidant. This matters even more if your child has an MTHFR gene mutation, which Frontiers Advances in the study of acetaminophen induced liver injury Tylenol and glutathione, actually explainedhere's the bullet points: * Lots of concern raised on social media re: glutathione depletion and acetaminophen use * Glutathione is used in the metabolism of acetaminophen and Acetaminophen at low doses depletes airway glutathione and alters respiratory reflex responses Smith 2013 The FASEB Journal Wiley Online Library