The agency that regulates medicines in Australia says paracetamol is considered safe for use in pregnancy, despite Donald Trump saying it increases risk of autism in babies.

Mr Trump said that he believed pregnant women should "strongly" limit the use of paracetamol unless they had an "extremely high fever" that they could not "tough out".

"Pregnant women should talk to their doctors," Mr Trump said.

"Ideally, you don't take it at all."

The Australian regulator, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), said paracetamol remained in pregnancy category A, meaning it was considered safe for use in pregnancy.

"The use of medications in pregnancy is subject to clinical, scientific and toxicological evaluation at the time of registration of a medicine in Australia," the TGA said in a stat

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