Trump connects tylenol with autism

Doctors in the United States will soon be advised not to prescribe tilenol’s painkilment to pregnant women, said US President Donald Trump, citing a controversial relationship between drug and autism.

Trump made the message on Monday in the Oval Cabinet with the Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy, Jr.

The US President claims that taking Tilenol, known as Paracetamol elsewhere, is “not good” and that pregnant women should only take it in cases of exceptional fever.

Some studies have shown a relationship between pregnant women receiving tylenol and autism, but these discoveries are inconsistent and unconvincing. Tylenol Kenvue manufacturer protects the use of the drug in pregnant women.

In a statement to the BBC, he said: “We believe that independent, sound science clearly shows that taking Acetaminophene does not cause autism. We strongly disagree with any proposal in another way and are deeply concerned about the health risk that is to expect mothers.”

Aacetaminophen – the active ingredient of Tylenol – is the most secure option for relieving pain for pregnant women, she added and without it the women are faced with a dangerous choice between suffering in conditions such as fever or using more risk alternatives.

During the Monday message, Kennedy said the Food and Medicines Administration (FDA) would issue doctors to notice that it was the potential risk of taking Tylenol during pregnancy.

He said the FDA will also launch the process of starting a drug safety label and that it will issue a public health campaign to distribute awareness.

The Health Secretary added that the FDA will soon approve leukovorin, a decades of medicine that has traditionally been used to protect patients with chemotherapy toxicity to be used as a treatment of children with autism.

In April, he promised “mass testing and research efforts” to determine the cause of autism for five months.

Trump on Monday called the rise of the reported cases of autism a “terrible crisis” and an issue to which he has “very strong feelings”.

But experts warned that finding the causes of autism – a complex syndrome that has been tested for decades – would not be simple.

The widespread look of the researchers is that there is no single cause of autism, which is thought to be the result of a complex combination of genetic and environmental factors.

The American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology said doctors across the country constantly identify Tylenol as the only relief of safe pain for pregnant women.

“Studies conducted in the past show no clear evidence that proves a direct link between the rational use of acetaminophene through every trimester and problems with the development of the fetus,” the group said.

The drug is recommended by other major medical groups as well as by other governments around the world.

In August, a Review of Research Leaded by the Harvard University of Public Health Dean, Harvard University found that children may be more likely to develop autism and other neurjunction disorders when exposed to tylenol during pregnancy.

Researchers say some steps should be taken to limit the use of the drug, but they said that relieving pain is still important for the treatment of mother’s fever and pain, which can also have negative effects for children.

But another A study published in 2024, It does not find a link between exposure to tylenol and autism.

“There is no stable evidence or convincing studies to suggest that there is some causal relationship,” says Monique Bota, a professor of social and development of psychology at the University of Durham.

Dr. Bot added that relieving pain in pregnant women is “terribly missing”, with Tylenol being one of the only safe options for the population.

Autism diagnoses have increased dramatically since 2000, and by 2020 the rate among 8-year-olds reached 2.77%, according to US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Scientists attribute at least part of the rise of increased awareness of autism and the expanding definition of the disorder. Researchers also investigate environmental factors.

In the past, Kennedy offered debunishing theories about the growing pace of autism, accusing the vaccines, despite the lack of evidence.