US President Donald Trump has suggested that the use of a common painkiller during pregnancy "can be associated with a very increased risk of autism".

Trump said that women should not take acetaminophen, known by the brand name Tylenol in the US or as paracetemol in Australia, "during the entire pregnancy".

He claimed that he and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr understood "a lot more than a lot of people who studied" autism.

Here in Australia the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), which regulates the safety of medicines, said there are no "current active safety investigations" into any links between paracetamol and autism.

Nor have any changes been made to the rules or advice around paracetamol use in Australia in response to Trump's claims.

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