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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing the makers of acetaminophen, claiming the corporations concealed potential risks that the pain reliever created to children's cognitive development.

The lawsuit comes a month after Former President Trump publicized an unsubstantiated connection between taking Tylenol - alternatively called paracetamol - throughout gestation and autism in offspring.

The attorney general is suing Johnson & Johnson, which once produced the medication, the sole analgesic approved for women during pregnancy, and the current manufacturer, which presently makes it.

In a statement, he claimed they "betrayed America by making money from suffering and marketing drugs ignoring the potential hazards."

The manufacturer says there is no credible evidence linking Tylenol to autism.

"These corporations deceived for years, knowingly endangering countless individuals to increase profits," the attorney general, from the Republican party, said.

The company commented that it was "very worried by the spread of false claims on the reliability of acetaminophen and the likely effects that could have on the welfare of women and children in America."

On its website, the company also mentioned it had "regularly reviewed the pertinent research and there is insufficient valid information that shows a proven link between consuming acetaminophen and autism."

Groups representing doctors and medical practitioners agree.

ACOG has stated acetaminophen - the primary component in acetaminophen - is among limited choices for women during pregnancy to address discomfort and elevated temperature, which can create significant medical dangers if left untreated.

"In over twenty years of studies on the use of paracetamol in pregnancy, no reliable research has conclusively proven that the consumption of acetaminophen in any period of gestation leads to neurological conditions in children," the group said.

The court filing cites latest statements from the Trump administration in asserting the medication is potentially dangerous.

Recently, Trump raised alarms from medical authorities when he advised women during pregnancy to "fight like hell" not to consume acetaminophen when unwell.

The US Food and Drug Administration then released a statement that medical professionals should consider limiting the use of Tylenol, while also stating that "a direct connection" between the drug and autism spectrum disorder in young ones has remains unverified.

Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, who oversees the Food and Drug Administration, had pledged in spring to conduct "extensive scientific investigation" that would establish the source of autism in a limited time.

But specialists advised that discovering a unique factor of autism spectrum disorder - believed by scientists to be the consequence of a complicated interplay of genetic and environmental factors - would prove challenging.

Autism is a form of lifelong neurodivergence and condition that influences how people encounter and relate to the environment, and is recognized using doctors' observations.

In his lawsuit, Paxton - a Trump ally who is seeking federal office - asserts the manufacturer and J&J "intentionally overlooked and sought to suppress the evidence" around paracetamol and autism.

This legal action aims to force the firms "destroy any promotional materials" that states acetaminophen is safe for pregnant women.

This legal action echoes the grievances of a collection of guardians of young ones with autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder who filed suit against the makers of acetaminophen in 2022.

A federal judge rejected the case, saying studies from the plaintiffs' authorities was not conclusive.