Salivary Amylase. Salivary amylase initiates the digestion of starches, one of the more complex forms of carbohydrate. Secreted in the saliva, salivary amylase breaks down long-chain and branched carbohydrates, known as amylose and amylopectin, into two- and three-molecule sugars called maltose. The individual subunits that make up maltose are glucose, your bodyâs primary fuel source.
Aspirin has many effects because it reduces the bodyâs production of prostaglandins, a hormone-like substance that acts in numerous ways. Reducing prostaglandins diminishes pain and fever and weakens plateletsâ ability to stick together and form clots.
Low dose aspirin. There is no evidence that taking low dose aspirin in pregnancy will cause a problem to you or your baby if you are healthy and are not taking other medicines that are affected by aspirin. However, you should only take low dose aspirin during pregnancy if your doctor has advised you to do so. Standard dose aspirin. Use of standard dose aspirin after 30 weeks of pregnancy is not advised. For most women, paracetamol is the recommended medicine to control pain or fever during pregnancy.