Nattokinase

Alternatives to Coumadin and Xarelto

December 8th, 2011 · 12:19 PM

I am searching for natural alternatives to Coumadin and Xarelto.
My concern with Coumadin is that it works–it interferes so effectively with the clotting process that you will have a difficult time clotting when you start bleeding. This includes head injury which, if permitted to continue bleeding, would cause excessive pressure on the brain and [...]

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Tags: bleeding, clotting, Nattokinase

Healthy Ways to Thin the Blood

April 12th, 2011 · 9:11 AM

After surgery I have been given Coumadin, and told not to eat dark leafy greens, garlic and cranberry juice and they thin the blood and react badly with the Coumadin. If–they thin the blood then why not eat them instead of Coumadin?
That is a great question. Eating those foods in high amounts is not as [...]

Cholesterol Issues

March 29th, 2011 · 11:20 AM

Crestor: My cholesterol has been 210. My doctor put me on crestor. I read your article in Utah’s Senior Review and was impressed. I’ve always wondered if we have over reacted to cholesterol, but I’m nervous about stopping the crestor, as you recommended. My doctor says his main concern is not heart trouble, but stroke [...]

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Tags: cholesterol, Nattokinase, statins

Weaning off Plavix?

March 15th, 2011 · 12:55 PM

Hi Dr Stan, I wanted some advice on what is a safe way to wean my mother off Plavix tablets. She has been on them for 2 1/2 yrs after having a TIA and after finding out that people have died from heart attacks after going suddenly off this medication within a month I was [...]

Alternatives to Coumadin

March 30th, 2010 · 3:14 AM

I take coumadin.I don’t like that it restricts me from taking many beneficial supplements and foods that interact with the coumadin. Is there a natural therapy that works as well? I am impressed by your explanation re: medication and hypertension; have there been similar studies re: stroke and coumadin?
I don’t like [...]

Plavix, Blood Clotting and Healthy Options

January 3rd, 2009 · 11:03 AM

Wall Street Journal
December 31, 2008
FDA Considers Updating Plavix Label

Three new studies in the New England Journal of Medicine and Lancet demonstrate several dilemmas in Plavix medication use:
1. What is the percentage of people taking Plavix (a medication that reduces the ability of platelets to aggregate, initiating the clotting process) who are still at risk [...]