Anticoagulant activity of select dietary supplements
Stanger MJ, Thompson LA, Young AJ
Published in Nutrition Reviews
Methodology
Systematic review of dietary supplements with reported anticoagulant or antiplatelet activity and their interactions with anticoagulant drugs.
Key Findings
Fish oil, garlic, ginkgo, ginger, vitamin E and others show antiplatelet activity and can potentiate bleeding risk with anticoagulants.
Conclusions
Supplement use requires review when anticoagulants are prescribed for venous thromboembolism.
Limitations
Mostly case reports and small pharmacodynamic studies.
Supplements Studied
Ginkgo has documented antiplatelet activity and may increase bleeding risk when combined with anticoagulants.
Fish oil possesses antiplatelet activity that may potentiate the effect of anticoagulant medications.
Fish oil, garlic, ginkgo, ginger, vitamin E and others show antiplatelet activity and can potentiate bleeding risk with anticoagulants.
Fish oil, garlic, ginkgo, ginger, vitamin E and others show antiplatelet activity and can potentiate bleeding risk with anticoagulants.
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