Omega-3 fatty acids from fish oil have conclusively been shown to reduce risk for heart attack and stroke. They also have the capacity to "thin the blood."
What this means is that omega-3s slightly block the activation of blood platelets and inhibit their "clumping," two basic steps in clot ...
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Blood thinning on Plavix + fish oil
Mike
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 03:34 PMThank you for clearing this up, Dr. Davis. Your articles often answer questions not found elsewhere. Since I bleed/bruise very easily, I wondered if it would be possible to stop the Plavix one or 2 days per week while taking the fish oil to obtain its other benefits as well. My DES was placed inside a BMS 5 years ago and I feel comfortable cutting back on the Plavix to stop the excessive bleeding with minor cuts. Thank you
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