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The top legal official in Texas Ken Paxton is taking legal action against the producers of Tylenol, alleging the companies withheld safety concerns that the pain reliever presented to children's brain development.

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

Paxton is filing suit against Johnson & Johnson, which formerly manufactured the medication, the only pain reliever suggested for women during pregnancy, and the current manufacturer, which presently makes it.

In a official comment, he said they "betrayed America by profiting off of discomfort and promoting medication ignoring the dangers."

The manufacturer states there is no credible evidence tying acetaminophen to autism.

"These corporations lied for decades, deliberately risking numerous people to boost earnings," the attorney general, from the Republican party, declared.

The manufacturer stated officially that it was "seriously troubled by the dissemination of inaccurate information on the safety of acetaminophen and the possible consequences that could have on the health of women and children in America."

On its website, Kenvue also said it had "regularly reviewed the relevant science and there is no credible data that shows a verified association between consuming paracetamol and autism."

Organizations speaking for physicians and health professionals agree.

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has declared acetaminophen - the primary component in acetaminophen - is one of the few options for women during pregnancy to treat pain and elevated temperature, which can present serious health risks if left untreated.

"In multiple decades of research on the utilization of acetaminophen in gestation, not a single reputable study has definitively established that the consumption of acetaminophen in any period of pregnancy results in brain development issues in offspring," the organization said.

The lawsuit mentions recent announcements from the previous government in claiming the drug is allegedly unsafe.

Recently, Trump caused concern from medical authorities when he told pregnant women to "resist strongly" not to use Tylenol when ill.

The US Food and Drug Administration then released a statement that doctors should consider limiting the use of acetaminophen, while also mentioning that "a causal relationship" between the drug and autism spectrum disorder in young ones has not been proven.

The Health Department head Kennedy, who supervises the Food and Drug Administration, had promised in April to undertake "extensive scientific investigation" that would identify the source of autism in a matter of months.

But specialists advised that identifying a sole reason of autism - believed by scientists to be the result of a intricate combination of inherited and environmental factors - would be difficult.

Autism is a type of permanent neurological difference and condition that affects how persons experience and relate to the surroundings, and is diagnosed using physician assessments.

In his court filing, the attorney general - aligned with the former president who is campaigning for federal office - alleges Kenvue and Johnson & Johnson "willfully ignored and sought to suppress the science" around acetaminophen and autism spectrum disorder.

This legal action attempts to require the companies "destroy any marketing or advertising" that claims Tylenol is secure for pregnant women.

The court case mirrors the grievances of a collection of guardians of young ones with autism and ADHD who sued the producers of Tylenol in two years ago.

Judicial authorities rejected the case, stating investigations from the family's specialists was not conclusive.