Based on a recent study, certain herbs and supplements can have adverse effects on the popular anti-coagulent, Coumadin. When it comes to adverse events associated with Coumadin (warfarin) therapy, beware of herbs and many supplements beginning with the letter G, according to a University of Washington investigator.
Douglas S. Paauw, M.D., spelled them out for a standing-room-only crowd at the American College of Physicians meeting here. They are garlic, ginger, gingko biloba, and ginseng.
"Garlic, ginger, and gingko biloba all increase the anticoagulation of warfarin [Coumadin], while ginseng can decrease it," he said.
Guess I'll have to use less garlic and stop eating those ginger snaps!
2 comments:
Less garlic!
I. Would. Die.
Viva la Garlic!
Damn I cook with tons of garlic.
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