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Study confirms that paracetamol use during pregnancy is not linked to autism in children

2025-11-10 10:01:55Lifestyle SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

According to a large study in the British scientific journal BMJ, there is no evidence, based on current scientific data, linking paracetamol use during pregnancy to autism spectrum disorders in children.

"Currently available evidence does not support an association between fetal exposure to paracetamol and the development of autism or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in childhood," the study concluded.

US President Donald Trump has repeatedly suggested in recent weeks that there is a link between paracetamol and autism. In September, he even urged pregnant women not to use paracetamol. The scientific community has rejected these claims, recalling that medical consensus does not support this link and emphasizing that paracetamol is, on the contrary, the painkiller that pregnant women should prefer over aspirin or ibuprofen, as these have been shown to pose risks to the fetus.

The World Health Organization insisted, immediately after Trump's statements, that there is no evidence to suggest that paracetamol use is linked to autism. The study published in the British medical journal BMJ reinforces this consensus. Although it is not based on new research, it provides the most comprehensive and accurate overview to date of the current state of scientific evidence. It is an "umbrella review", which collects and synthesizes the results of other studies.

Several studies have suggested that there may be a link between paracetamol and autism or ADHD. However, their quality is “low” or “extremely low,” according to the authors of the BMJ study, and most often they did not take sufficient precautions to rule out the role of other factors, such as genetic predisposition or maternal health problems.

These criticisms focus in particular on a study published in 2025 in the journal Environmental Health, which the Trump administration regularly cites, which suggested that acetaminophen use during pregnancy may be linked to autism, but failed to prove a link.

Many experts praised the BMJ study. “(It) is based on high-quality methodology that confirms what experts around the world are saying,” Dimitrios Sasiakos, professor of obstetrics at University College London, told the British Center for Science Media. Beyond paracetamol, Trump and U.S. Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. regularly make other unsubstantiated claims about autism, either saying there is an “epidemic” in the U.S. or suggesting it is linked to certain childhood vaccines.


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