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Texas Attorney General Paxton is filing a lawsuit against the makers of Tylenol, alleging the companies withheld potential risks that the pain reliever posed to children's neurological development.

This legal action arrives thirty days after Donald Trump publicized an unproven link between consuming acetaminophen - also known as acetaminophen - during pregnancy and autism in young ones.

The attorney general is taking legal action against J&J, which once produced the medication, the only pain reliever recommended for women during pregnancy, and the current manufacturer, which currently produces it.

In a declaration, he stated they "betrayed America by making money from suffering and pushing pills without regard for the dangers."

Kenvue states there is lacking scientific proof connecting Tylenol to autism.

"These corporations misled for generations, knowingly endangering numerous people to boost earnings," the attorney general, a Republican, stated.

The company stated officially that it was "seriously troubled by the spread of false claims on the reliability of paracetamol and the potential impact that could have on the welfare of American women and children."

On its official site, Kenvue also said it had "regularly reviewed the relevant science and there is lacking reliable evidence that demonstrates a established connection between taking paracetamol and autism."

Associations acting on behalf of doctors and medical practitioners agree.

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has declared paracetamol - the main ingredient in acetaminophen - is among limited choices for pregnant women to address discomfort and elevated temperature, which can create significant medical dangers if ignored.

"In more than two decades of research on the utilization of paracetamol in pregnancy, no reliable research has successfully concluded that the usage of paracetamol in any trimester of pregnancy results in neurodevelopmental disorders in children," the group said.

This legal action mentions latest statements from the former administration in asserting the drug is allegedly unsafe.

Last month, Trump raised alarms from public health officials when he instructed expectant mothers to "fight like hell" not to use Tylenol when sick.

The FDA then released a statement that medical professionals should think about restricting the use of Tylenol, while also declaring that "a proven link" between the medication and autism spectrum disorder in young ones has not been established.

Health Secretary RFK Jr, who oversees the Food and Drug Administration, had vowed in April to initiate "a massive testing and research effort" that would determine the origin of autism in a limited time.

But specialists warned that identifying a unique factor of autism - thought by researchers to be the result of a intricate combination of inherited and environmental factors - would prove challenging.

Autism is a form of lifelong neurodivergence and impairment that affects how persons perceive and relate to the world, and is recognized using physician assessments.

In his lawsuit, the attorney general - who supports Trump who is seeking US Senate - claims Kenvue and Johnson & Johnson "intentionally overlooked and tried to quiet the science" around acetaminophen and autism.

This legal action attempts to require the firms "remove any promotional materials" that claims Tylenol is reliable for pregnant women.

The Texas lawsuit parallels the complaints of a group of mothers and fathers of minors with autism spectrum disorder and ADHD who took legal action against the producers of Tylenol in 2022.

The court rejected the legal action, stating research from the family's specialists was not conclusive.