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Aspirin May Reduce Pre-Eclampsia

By Danell Swim
February 4, 2008

They found that the risks of developing pre-eclampsia, of delivering before 34 weeks and of having a pregnancy with a severe adverse outcome all fell by 10% in those women taking aspirin or other antiplatelet drugs.

 

Aspirin was found to have no significant effect on the risk of death of the fetus or baby, having a small for gestational age infant, or bleeding events for either the women or their babies. No particular subgroup of women was substantially more or less likely to benefit from aspirin than any other.

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Written by Danell Swim · Filed Under Pregnancy Health 

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