Posted by pelorojo on April 9, 2003, at 19:32:05
In reply to Re: how many blood tinners can you combine?, posted by Larry Hoover on April 8, 2003, at 11:14:21
By bleeding disorder, are you including hemorrhagic strokes? There's (relatively speaking) alot of hype about the overthinning issue on various web sources and I've wondered about this question myself.
> > I am taking ginkgo, vitamin e and fish oil. I want to add garlic and ginsing but I am afraid this will thini the blood too much. How many of these otc blood thinners can you take at once?
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> The idea that these substances thin the blood has to be put into context; there's compelling evidence that many people suffer from hyper-coaguabilty. In fact, this "thick blood" state is seen by many as being normal. I disagree. Fish oil, for example, helps to restore the blood to a more normal state. So does vitamin E. There is no evidence that you go "beyond normal", in other words, that you will develop a bleeding disorder.
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> Just tell your doctor if you're going to have surgery or something. They will probably recommend a two-week washout period, so you can go back to the typical "thick blood" condition.
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