{"id":95341,"date":"2025-09-22T22:02:24","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T22:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=95341"},"modified":"2025-09-22T22:02:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T22:02:24","slug":"trump-links-pain-reliever-tylenol-to-autism-but-many-experts-are-sceptical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=95341","title":{"rendered":"Trump links pain reliever Tylenol to autism \u2013 but many experts are sceptical"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Doctors in the US will soon be advised not to prescribe the pain reliever Tylenol to pregnant women, US President Donald Trump said, citing a disputed link between the drug and autism.<\/p>\n

Trump made the announcement on Monday in the Oval Office alongside Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr.<\/p>\n

The US president claimed that taking Tylenol, known as paracetamol elsewhere, \u201cis no good\u201d and that pregnant women should only take it in cases of extreme fever.<\/p>\n

Some studies have shown a link between pregnant women taking Tylenol and autism, but these findings are inconsistent and inconclusive. Tylenol maker Kenvue has defended the use of the drug in pregnant women.<\/p>\n

In a statement to the BBC, it said: \u201cWe believe independent, sound science clearly shows that taking acetaminophen does not cause autism. We strongly disagree with any suggestion otherwise and are deeply concerned with the health risk this poses for expecting mothers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Aacetaminophen \u2013 Tylenol\u2019s active ingredient \u2013 is the safest pain reliever option for pregnant women, it added, and without it, women face a dangerous choice between suffering through conditions like fever or using riskier alternatives.<\/p>\n

During the announcement on Monday, Kennedy said the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) would issue a physicians notice about what said was the potential risk of taking Tylenol during pregnancy.<\/p>\n

He said the FDA will also begin the process of initiating a safety label change on the medication, and that it will issue a public health campaign to spread awareness.<\/p>\n

The health secretary added that the FDA will soon approve Leucovorin, a decades-old drug traditionally used to protect cancer patients against toxicity from chemotherapy, to be used as treatment for children with autism.<\/p>\n

In April, he pledged \u201ca massive testing and research effort\u201d to determine the cause of autism in five months.<\/p>\n

Trump on Monday called the rise in reported autism cases a \u201chorrible crisis,\u201d and an issue that he has \u201cvery strong feelings about.\u201d<\/p>\n

But experts have cautioned that finding the causes of autism \u2013 a complex syndrome that has been researched for decades \u2013 would not be simple.<\/p>\n

The widely held view of researchers is that there is no single cause of autism, which is thought to be the result of a complex mix of genetic and environmental factors.<\/p>\n