The Trump administration has thrust Tylenol into the spotlight this week with its warnings about a potential link to autism when taken by pregnant women.

However, the actual guidance coming from the administration is more nuanced than President Trump’s repeated “don’t take Tylenol” urgings at a Tuesday press conference.

And major health groups continue to say Tylenol is safe, arguing the president’s warnings are not backed by science.

Talk to your doctor; take lowest effective dose

Despite Trump’s alarmist comments Tuesday, the administration continues to recommend acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol, in some cases.

“It remains reasonable,” Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Marty Makary said in a statement, “for pregnant women to use acetaminophen in certain scenarios.”

Mehmet Oz, head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, said pregnant women should call their doctors when experiencing fevers, which can cause birth defects.

"The doctor's almost certainly going to prescribe you something, Tylenol might be one of the things they give, that's not the problem,” Oz told TMZ.

“Pregnant women know lots of the typical things you would take for aches and pains and fevers are not a permissible product........

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