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Originally Posted by billethkid
We take fish oil every day. My wife is on warfarin and I am on plavix.
She gets her blood level checked every month....almost 20 years no problem.
Both of our cardiologists are well aware with no commentary. They are more concerned with one eating too many dark green veggies for unplanned blood thinning than they are for fish oil.
Just ask your doctor + do some research and make your own INFORMED decision.
btk
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Okay, btk, I did my research and here's what I found. Your doctors couldn't be more wrong about dark green veggies being a risk for unplanned blood thinning. Dark green veggies may have some blood thinning quality but that effect would be balanced by vitamin K that most green vegetables contain. Vitamin K is important because it helps blood to clot in case of bleeding from whatever cause. You can't fool nature; nature provides balance!
However, once you have decided to "stray" from nature and get under the care of a doctor who precribes all kinds of meds, you had better follow his advice. For example, vitamin K can interfere with some anticoagulant drugs.
P.S. Thanks for the information about the INR blood test.