Pregnant Women - Aspirin and Ibuprofen.
I read this in Family Circle ...
Pregnant women who take certain non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs like
aspirin and ibuprofen have an 80 percent higher risk for miscarriage,
according to a recent study in the British Medical Journal. California
researchers surveyed 1,055 pregnant women about their reproductive history
and about their use of drugs since becoming pregnant. They found that women
using NSAIDs for longer than a week at a time -- from conception up through
the fourth month of pregnancy -- had the highest risk. The risk was also
high in women taking them at the time of conception. Pregnant women or women
planning to become pregnant should instead take acetaminophen, says study
author De-Kun Li, M.D., Ph.D. Acetaminophen was found to be safe because it
works only on the central nervous system, whereas other pain pills can
affect the whole body, including the uterus.
Pregnant women who take certain non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs like
aspirin and ibuprofen have an 80 percent higher risk for miscarriage,
according to a recent study in the British Medical Journal. California
researchers surveyed 1,055 pregnant women about their reproductive history
and about their use of drugs since becoming pregnant. They found that women
using NSAIDs for longer than a week at a time -- from conception up through
the fourth month of pregnancy -- had the highest risk. The risk was also
high in women taking them at the time of conception. Pregnant women or women
planning to become pregnant should instead take acetaminophen, says study
author De-Kun Li, M.D., Ph.D. Acetaminophen was found to be safe because it
works only on the central nervous system, whereas other pain pills can
affect the whole body, including the uterus.
