The National Medication Authority states that the use of that drug during pregnancy remains unchanged, based on studies from the European drug agency that have not found evidence of risk.
On Thursday, Donald Trump suggested, without presenting scientific evidence, that increased autism in the country may cause the use of acetaminophen painkillers in pregnant women and vaccination.
Flated by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Secretary of Health and one of the faces of the anti -wisdom movement in the country, Trump suggested the imposition of boundaries to the use of acetaminopus, better known in the United States by the Tylenol brand, during pregnancy, citing the drug as a possible cause of autism, although this causal connection has been investigated and not proven.
“It was not possible to establish a connection”
It says that in 2019, the European Medicine Agency (EMA) revised available studies that investigated the neurodes -development of children exposed to the ‘in utero’ acetaminophen, concluding that “the results were inconclusive” and that “it was not possible to establish a connection with neurodevelopment disturbances.”
“A large amount of data from pregnant women who used this medicine during pregnancy indicates that there is no risk of malformations in the developing fetus or newborns,” he says.
Infarmed underlines that, when necessary, acetaminophen can be used during pregnancy and explains: “As with any medication for acute treatment, it should be used at the lowest effective dose, for the shortest possible period and with the lowest frequency required.”
It also advises pregnant women to talk to their health professional if they have doubts about any medicine during pregnancy.
EMA and the competent national authorities in the EU “will continue to monitor the safety of acetaminophen medicines and rapidly evaluate any new data that arise,” says the note, adding that regulatory measures will be taken whenever justified “in order to protect public health.
Trump Counsel women not to take it during pregnancy
On Monday, Trump said paracetamol is “possibly associated with a much greater risk of autism” advising women not to take it during pregnancy, but did not have any scientific proof.
Alternatively, he presented rumors that “there is virtually no autism” in Cuba because the country is unable to buy Tylenol, the most popular mark of acetaminophen.
Experts have stated that increasing cases in the United States is mainly due to a new definition for disturbance, which includes slight cases in a more accurate “spectrum” and diagnoses, and that there is no unique cause.
