{"id":247264,"date":"2025-09-22T21:41:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T21:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/247264\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T21:41:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T21:41:18","slug":"trump-admin-set-to-announce-using-tylenol-while-pregnant-could-raise-autism-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/247264\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump admin set to announce using Tylenol while pregnant could raise autism risk"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Trump plans to announce Monday that using\u00a0Tylenol while pregnant could potentially raise the risk of developing autism<\/a>, sources told The Post.<\/p>\n

The Trump administration is expected to\u00a0start advising pregnant women against using the over-the-counter pain medication<\/a>\u00a0unless they have high fevers, those familiar with the announcement said.<\/p>\n

Officials are also slated to reveal efforts to explore using leucovorin \u2014 a drug used for cancer and anemia \u2014 to treat those with autism, the sources added.<\/p>\n

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. discusses the findings of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\u2019s latest Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network survey. REUTERS<\/p>\n

The Trump administration officially claimed Tylenol has a link to childhood autism. Birch Photography \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/p>\n

Leucovorin, a form of vitamin B9 or folinic acid, is a high-dose prescription drug.\u00a0Research has shown that children with low cerebral folate levels sometimes have neurodevelopmental disorders, but doctors have pointed out that a one-stop solution to autism doesn\u2019t exist.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re going to the doctor and looking for an autism pill, it doesn\u2019t exist,\u201d Dr. Richard Frye, a pediatric neurologist researching leucovorin as a potential autism treatment, told\u00a0The Post<\/a>\u00a0in March.\u00a0\u201cBut leucovorin has helped a lot of children.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt doesn\u2019t address the root cause of autism and what is happening in the brain,\u201d developmental-behavioral functional neurologist\u00a0Robert Melillo<\/a>\u00a0also told The Post.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery few years, there is one thing like this that people latch onto, but there is no one magic bullet.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump has been touting a looming announcement tied to the neurological condition for several days.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we found an answer to autism,\u201d he said on Sunday during a speech\u00a0at conservative influencer Charlie Kirk\u2019s funeral.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s going to be one of the most important news conferences I\u2019ll ever have, and I look so forward to it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Autism affected about one in 31 8-year-olds in the US in 2022, according to the latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s a sharp uptick from 2000, when roughly one in 150 children were diagnosed with the neurological developmental\u00a0condition.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Trump administration plans to tie Tylenol to autism risk while touting another drug, leucovorin, as a potential autism treatment. McGuff<\/p>\n

The announcement will mark the first time the US government has linked acetaminophen\u00a0to autism.\u00a0Tylenol is the brand name for\u00a0acetaminophen.\u00a0The medication has\u00a0been popular<\/a>\u00a0since it became over-the-counter around the early 1960s.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t immediately clear what research the administration will cite.<\/p>\n

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai dropped a study last month that showed prenatal exposure to the pain relief medication could potentially increase the risk of neurodevelopmental disorders, including autism and ADHD in children.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Health Secretary RFK Jr. has vowed to make autism research a priority. AP<\/p>\n

\u201cOur findings show that higher-quality studies are more likely to show a link between prenatal acetaminophen exposure and increased risks of autism and ADHD,\u201d Dr Diddier Prada, one of the researchers, said at the time.<\/p>\n

\u201cGiven the widespread use of this medication, even a small increase in risk could have major public health implications.\u201d<\/p>\n

The study did not determine that acetaminophen use could directly cause neurodevelopmental disorders\u00a0in kids.<\/p>\n

Tylenol is an over-the-counter pain medication. wachiwit \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/p>\n

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.\u00a0has long vowed to make autism a priority and last month teased an upcoming report on the disorder.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are using gold-standard science to get to the bottom of America\u2019s unprecedented rise in autism rates,\u201d a Health and Human Services spokesperson said at the time.<\/p>\n

Rumors had\u00a0swirled for weeks<\/a>\u00a0that Kennedy planned to tie the sharp national rise in autism to Tylenol, leading some medical experts to voice skepticism about the link.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)\u00a0claimed that Tylenol<\/a>\u00a0is safe for use during pregnancy when taken in moderation.<\/p>\n

Tylenol can be bought at your local pharmacy or major retailers like Target and Walmart. REUTERS<\/p>\n

\u201cAcetaminophen remains a safe, trusted option for pain relief during pregnancy. Despite recent unfounded claims, there\u2019s no clear evidence linking prudent use to issues with fetal development,\u201d the group said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cACOG\u2019s guidance remains the same. When pain relief is needed during pregnancy, acetaminophen should be used in moderation and after consulting your doctor.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. Christopher Zahn, chief of clinical practice for the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, claimed that there is no clear evidence of a direct link between \u201cprudent use\u201d of\u00a0Tylenol and fetal development issues.<\/p>\n

Sources told The Post the study will link pregnant women taking Tylenol to a higher risk in autism. Africa Studio \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/p>\n

\u201cNeurodevelopmental disorders, in particular, are multifactorial and very difficult to associate with a singular cause. Pregnant patients should not be frightened away from the many benefits of acetaminophen, which is safe and one of the few options pregnant people have for pain relief,\u201d he\u00a0said, per CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n

At the moment, the\u00a0Food and Drug Administration encourages<\/a>\u00a0pregnant women to steer clear of other common pain relievers, particularly after 20 weeks, due to concerns that they can lead to low\u00a0amniotic fluid.<\/p>\n

Tylenol use, however, remains common during pregnancy in the US. It was one of the\u00a0few forms of pain relief<\/a>\u00a0that pregnant women had previously been advised was safe to take.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"President Trump plans to announce Monday that using\u00a0Tylenol while pregnant could potentially raise the risk of developing autism,…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":247265,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,824,69,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,80,11825,15010,67,586,132,5230,68,1154,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-247264","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-autism","10":"tag-donald-trump","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-newyork","14":"tag-newyorkcity","15":"tag-ny","16":"tag-nyc","17":"tag-politics","18":"tag-prescription-drugs","19":"tag-robert-f-kennedy-jr","20":"tag-united-states","21":"tag-united-states-of-america","22":"tag-unitedstates","23":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","24":"tag-us","25":"tag-us-news","26":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115250127422266169","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247264\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}