As reported on the Daily Mail, the latest research suggests that the cheap wonder medicine aspirin does not only prevent cancer, heart diseases and stroke but also increases chances of pregnancy. Women who have been trying for a baby and experiencing miscarriages may find help and solution from aspirin.
Professor Richard Paulson, a consultant gynaecologist at the University of Southern California, advises that a small dose of the drug a day will help women conceive, since aspirin is found to promote blood flow to the pelvis and to thicken the lining of the womb. The medicine, derived from willow bark, also alleviates inflammation problems, thus providing a condition that is safer and more conducive for fertilization.
Fertility experts say that women should think about consuming a small amount of aspirin a day, which is around 81 mg, to improve their chances for having a baby.
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), with University of Utah, conducted a study including 1228 women who had in the past suffered a miscarriage. Results showed that the women with high levels of inflammation boosted their chance of conception when they took aspirin by 17 percent. Paulson appraises aspirin to be the "drug of millennium" and personally have been recommending it to his own patients.
Fellow consultant gynaecologist Dr. Stuart Lavery of Imperial College commented and supported the notion of aspirin having positive effects towards inflammation in the body and fertility. However, he also questioned whether the drug benefits all women-not just a sub-group of women. His plea was to be more cautious as it is too blunt an instrument to recommend it to everybody.
Moreover, British experts also advocated caution, claiming that there is not enough evidence of beneficial effects of the said drug. Dublin gynaecologist and consultant obstetrician Edgar Mocanu seconds the notion and believes that evidences do not support the need for women to take aspirin every day.
