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Anticoagulants

Avoid Herbs such as  ‘G’ HERBS (GINSING, GINGER, GINKO, GARLIC) when using anticoagulant drugs.

Aspirin

• can also be used as a blood thinner
• irritates the stomach and intestines
• Watch out for “black tarry” looking stools (could be a sign of intestinal bleeding)
• Never give your children aspirin, can caus  Reye’s Syndrome.

Heparin:

• Make sure to check the PTT
• Antidote is Protamine Sulfate
• can be safely given during pregnancy.

Coumadin

• Check the PT and the INR
• Antidote is Vitamin K

Lovenox

• Lovenox, also called enoxaparin, is a form of heparin called fractionated heparin.