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Can You Take Turmeric With Blood Thinners?
Turmeric and blood thinners is a question for your pharmacist before you start. The evidence we hold does not establish a warfarin interaction with turmeric, but NCCIH warns that herbs and medicines can interact. Anyone on a blood thinner should ask before using any curcumin product.
Written by the Synaptril label deskUpdated · 4 min read
Is it safe to take turmeric and blood thinners together?
Nobody can promise it is safe, and nobody can promise it is not. The evidence we hold does not establish a warfarin interaction with turmeric.
NCCIH names no specific drug interaction for turmeric, yet it warns that herbs and medicines can interact (NCCIH, Turmeric). A blank is not a green light.
Turmeric has other safety notes too. Rare liver injury has been reported, mostly with high-absorption forms, and turmeric may be unsafe in pregnancy (NCCIH, Turmeric) (NIH LiverTox, Turmeric). A blood thinner is one more reason to ask first.
Which Synaptril ingredient is flagged for blood thinners?
Coenzyme Q10 is the flagged one, not the turmeric. Both turmeric extract and CoQ10 sit in the Synaptril blend.
By the blend math, CoQ10 is at most about 35 mg a capsule and turmeric at most about 44 mg. A small amount is not a cleared amount, because the report names the ingredient, not a dose.
The Linus Pauling Institute reports that CoQ10 may weaken warfarin and advises an INR check (NCCIH, Coenzyme Q10) (Linus Pauling Institute, Coenzyme Q10).
| Ingredient | Our sources say | Next step |
|---|---|---|
| Turmeric extract | No specific interaction named | Ask your pharmacist |
| Coenzyme Q10 | May weaken warfarin | Ask about INR checks |
How do you check a medicine against a curcumin product?
Read the label line by line, then match it to your medicines. The label asks you to consult a physician first.
- 1Magnesium Glycinate (magnesium 80 mg, 19% DV)Line 1 · 80 mg magnesium (19% DV)
- 2Alpha Lipoic AcidLine 2 · at most 175 mg per capsule
- 3Butcher's Broom (Ruscus aculeatus) Root ExtractLine 3 · at most 88 mg per capsule
- 4L-CarnitineLine 4 · at most 58 mg per capsule
- 5Turmeric (Curcuma longa) Rhizome Extract 95% CurcuminoidsLine 5 · at most 44 mg per capsule
- 6Coenzyme Q 10 (as Ubiquinone)Line 6 · at most 35 mg per capsule
From the Supplement Facts panel. The six lines are the 575 mg blend, listed from most to least by weight (21 CFR 101.36, Supplement Facts). Other ingredients (the vegetable capsule, cellulose, magnesium stearate, stearic acid, silicon dioxide) are not counted.
The bottle says to consult a physician before use, especially if you take a medication or have a medical condition.
We hold no source that sets a stop date for turmeric before surgery, so tell your surgeon about every capsule.
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See packsWhat should you ask your pharmacist about turmeric?
Bring the bottle and ask about curcumin and CoQ10.
- Does my blood thinner interact with either one?
- Do I need extra blood tests?
Never stop a blood thinner because of a supplement. See supplements and medicines and brain supplements and blood thinners.
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Synaptril questions people ask
Does curcumin thin the blood?
The sources we hold do not say so. NCCIH names no specific drug interaction for turmeric. Because herbs and medicines can interact, ask your pharmacist before combining curcumin with a prescribed blood thinner.
Should I stop turmeric before surgery?
Ask your surgeon and pharmacist. We hold no source that gives a stop date, so we will not invent one.
Is turmeric in food a problem with blood thinners?
Our sources speak about supplements, not meals, and name no interaction. A capsule is a concentrated extract, so ask.
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