Health Secretary has urged pregnant women to ignore them Donald Trump’s claims that Paracetamol in pregnancy can be connected to autism,
The US President repeatedly advised pregnant women not to take toilenol at a press conference on Monday – the drug known as paracetamol in the UK – this is a suggestion. Potential cause of autism,
But Ves Streeting has joined Scientist In condemning claims, people were urged to trust doctors on Mr. Trump.
Mr. Streeting told ITV Lorraine: “I would just look at the people and say that Donald Trump should not pay any attention to what he has said about the medicine.”
“I trust President Trump in doctors, clearly, on this,” he said. “I have become clear about this right now: there is no evidence to add the use of paracetamol for autism by pregnant women in their children. None.
“In fact, a major study was done in 2024 in Sweden, which included 2.4 million children, and did not maintain those claims.
“So I would just tell the people who have said, do not pay any attention to what Donald Trump has said about the drug. In fact, as a politician, do not even take my word for it – listen to British doctors, British scientists, NHS.
“It is really important that a time when you know that there is doubt – and I do not think skepticism is itself, asking questions is a bad thing in itself, in every way, ask questions – but we have to follow medical science.”
In the UK, the NHS website says “Paracetamol is the first choice of painkillers if you are pregnant. It is usually taken during pregnancy and does not harm your baby”.
Scientist In the UK, worldwide, claims have been criticized, one stated that it claims that “families tarnished by risky families are autistic children who bring it to themselves”.
There is also concern that “fear” will prevent women from reaching proper care during pregnancy.
Associate Professor in Social and Development Psychology at Durham University. Monon Botha said that there is no “strong evidence or concrete study” to suggest a link between common pain reliever and autism.
“I am exceptionally convinced in saying that there is no relationship,” he said.
“Fearful will prevent women from reaching proper care during pregnancy.
“Similarly, there is a lack of pain relief for pregnant women and paracetamol is basically a very safe pain relief option compared to any other option during pregnancy and we need to take pain for women seriously while getting pregnant.”
He said: “Next, it takes the risk of tarnishing families who have autistic children, who bring it to themselves and re-establish the long pattern of maternal shame and defects because we have repeatedly seen again and again in the last 70 years, where we try to pay a kind of self-styled mistake at the mother’s door.”
Dr. Edward Mulins, George Institute for Global Health, Clinical Associate Professor of Imperial College London also said that evidence suggests that there is no connection between the use of paracetamol in pregnancy and autism.
He said: “In the absence of any new evidence, a press release reported from the Trump administration claims that it appears to have an unbalance principle, which is likely to have an essential treatment for fever and is being denied pain for women without pain, which is contrary to the US and European medical guidance.”
Similarly, Professor Claire Anderson, Chairman of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, stated that paracetamol has been used “safely by millions of people, in which during pregnancy, when directed when directed”.
He said that a large study of 2024 found no evidence of a link between the use of paracetamol during pregnancy and the increasing risk of autism in children.
In August this year, a study by Harvard V Chan School of Public Health and Mount Sinai reported that in contact with acetaminophen – also known as tilanol or paracetamol – during pregnancy, children may mean that children were more likely to develop neurodeological disorders including autism and ADHD.
Published in BMC Environmental Health, researchers analyzed results from 46 previous studies.
He concluded that, while steps should be taken to limit the use of paracetamol, the drug was significant to treat fever and pain in drugs, which can also damage infants.