
Aspirin may help pregnant women who’ve suffered pregnancy loss
Promising new research suggests the over-the-counter drug aspirin could help lessen the risk of another miscarriage. But you should still talk to your doctor about it.
Taking low-dose aspirin on a daily basis may help improve pregnancy outcomes for women who’ve previously suffered a miscarriage, new research suggests.
A study published by the American College of Physicians found that strictly adhering to a low dosage of aspirin at least four days a week led to an increase of 30 percent in live births in a study of 1,227.
That’s eight more pregnancies, six fewer pregnancy losses, and 15 more live births for every 100 person in the trial.
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“There is growing consensus that low-dose aspirin may be helpful for those at risk. It should be started well before pregnancy and used consistently to have maximal effect,” Dr. Hugh Taylor, the department chair of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive sciences at Yale School of Medicine, told Healthline.
Aspirin is often recommended o pregnant women with high blood pressure during pregnancy (preeclampsia) and antiphospholipid syndrome, an auto-immune disorder that causes blood clots, two conditions that