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Texas Attorney General Paxton is taking legal action against the manufacturers of Tylenol, claiming the companies concealed potential risks that the medication created to pediatric brain development.

The court filing arrives a month after Former President Trump promoted an unsubstantiated connection between using Tylenol - also known as paracetamol - while pregnant and autism spectrum disorder in offspring.

The attorney general is taking legal action against J&J, which previously sold the drug, the sole analgesic suggested for pregnant women, and Kenvue, which currently produces it.

In a declaration, he claimed they "misled consumers by gaining financially from pain and marketing drugs ignoring the dangers."

The company states there is insufficient reliable data linking Tylenol to autism spectrum disorder.

"These manufacturers lied for decades, intentionally threatening countless individuals to line their pockets," Paxton, a Republican, stated.

Kenvue stated officially that it was "seriously troubled by the dissemination of inaccurate information on the security of acetaminophen and the possible consequences that could have on the health of American women and children."

On its website, Kenvue also said it had "continuously evaluated the applicable studies and there is lacking reliable evidence that indicates a verified association between consuming paracetamol and autism."

Associations representing doctors and healthcare providers agree.

ACOG has stated acetaminophen - the primary component in Tylenol - is among limited choices for women during pregnancy to manage pain and elevated temperature, which can pose significant medical dangers if ignored.

"In over twenty years of investigation on the utilization of paracetamol in pregnancy, zero credible investigations has conclusively proven that the consumption of paracetamol in any trimester of gestation causes neurological conditions in young ones," the association said.

The court filing references recent announcements from the Trump administration in claiming the medication is reportedly hazardous.

Recently, the former president raised alarms from public health officials when he instructed pregnant women to "fight like hell" not to use Tylenol when ill.

The FDA then released a statement that medical professionals should contemplate reducing the consumption of Tylenol, while also mentioning that "a direct connection" between the drug and autism in young ones has not been proven.

Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, who oversees the Food and Drug Administration, had vowed in spring to initiate "extensive scientific investigation" that would determine the origin of autism in a short period.

But experts warned that finding a sole reason of autism - thought by researchers to be the consequence of a complex mix of inherited and external influences - would not be simple.

Autism is a type of permanent neurological difference and disability that impacts how persons perceive and relate to the world, and is diagnosed using doctors' observations.

In his court filing, Paxton - who supports Trump who is running for US Senate - alleges Kenvue and Johnson & Johnson "intentionally overlooked and tried to quiet the evidence" around paracetamol and autism.

The case attempts to require the corporations "destroy any commercial messaging" that asserts Tylenol is reliable for pregnant women.

The court case echoes the complaints of a assembly of parents of minors with autism spectrum disorder and ADHD who sued the makers of Tylenol in two years ago.

The court threw out the case, stating research from the family's specialists was not conclusive.