Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Healthcare professionals maintain that acetaminophen is safe to use at recommended doses during pregnancy, despite last week's announcement by the Trump administration.
President Donald Trump and Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed during a press conference there is a connection between the use of acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol, and autism but leading organizations representing obstetricians, gynecologists and pediatricians have rejected the claim.
Kennedy advised that healthcare providers prescribe the lowest doses of acetaminophen possible to pregnant mothers and only when treatment is required.
The American Academy of Pediatrics and American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists cited a lack of evidence showing a causal relationship between acetaminophen use and autism.
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