CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD)-- Charleston medical experts are responding as a common pain reliever used by millions is now the target of a warning by the Trump administration.

The president said the use of acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol, during pregnancy could cause autism in children, but medical experts say studies so far haven't shown that link. Doctors say any over-the-counter medicine will have some benefit and have some risk, but current data does not show autism in children is the result of pregnant women taking Tylenol. "From a public health perspective, the discipline has to recognize there is a small slight association between acetamidine and things like autism and that is a far cry from being able to say it is causative and that really calls for better research," sa

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