Cissus & Coumadin?

[edvanp]

Greetings-

I just had sugery on my hip and will be on coumadin for the next 4 weeks. I've had great success with cissu in the past and was wondering if I should avoid it while on a blood thinner?

thanks.

 

[colkurtz_spf]

Greetings-

I just had sugery on my hip and will be on coumadin for the next 4 weeks. I've had great success with cissu in the past and was wondering if I should avoid it while on a blood thinner?

thanks.

I was on coumadin for three months back in '05. I stayed off of everything. Green leafy vegetables, vitamin K and COQ10 are among some of the substances that counter its effects.

Your doctor put you on the stuff to keep you from getting blood clots. Is any supplement worth the risk?

 

[edvanp]

Thanks for the reply colkurtz_spf, you make a good point. I have a nurse who visits me twice a week to draw blood, so I decided to see if the Cissus had any effect in this area. So far so good, no change in my blood work. The hip does feel better since I started taking the Cissus (3 days ago). I'm a big believer in Cissus and think it will help in my recovery. I'll keep everyone updated.

Ed

 

[edvanp]

4 days on the Cissus RX @ 3 x per day and the hip feels better each day. Had a PT stop by to evaluate me and he couldn't believe how well I was doing for being only 8 days out for the surgery I had. Thumbs up thus far!
-Ed