Mixing THESE Pills Can Be Bad For Your Heart
Posted On November 25, 2010
All these pills we take. But what happens inside your body when they mix?? What happens when these chemicals combine to form unexpected effects?
(Please share this article with your friends.)What kind of pills should I be worried about?
The popular blood-thinning drug, warfarin, is taken by heart patients. But those same patients often run out to the pill-store-bargain-barn (or just any, quote, health food store) and also take plain old supplements, fish oil, glucosamine and chondroitin, coenzyme Q10, and even multivitamins.
What’s the problem with taking these supplements?
Some supplements have the ability to either enhance or negate warfarin’s effects, which could potentially trigger one of two dangerous complications: severe bleeding or a blood clot. Nice.
“More and more patients are self-medicating with these supplements,” says Jennifer Strohecker, a clinical pharmacist at Intermountain Medical Center, in Salt Lake City. “Many of us will Google something and then go out and try it, and our doctor would never know.“
In a previous study, Strohecker and her colleagues found that nine of the 10 most commonly sold supplements had the potential to conflict with warfarin. The offenders included St. John’s wort, melatonin, glucosamine and chondroitin, and fish oil.
“Even your multivitamin can interact with warfarin,” says Strohecker, who presented her research Sunday at the American Heart Association’s annual Scientific Sessions meeting in Chicago, Illinois.
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