MANGOSTEEN AND COUMADIN- ARE THERE ANY SIDE EFFECTS WITH BLOOD THINNERS?

What is Coumadin?

Warfarin, sold in the drugstores under the brand name Coumadin, is a prescription drug that prevents the formation of blood clots, which belong to a class otherwise known as blood thinners.

How are blood clots formed?

A process known as hemostasis prevents or stops blood loss from an injured blood vessel. There are four steps involved in this process.

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Mangosteen Side Effects

You may have heard about the wonderful things mangosteen and acai can do for your health but are wary of taking these 'medicines' without knowing their potential side effects.

Keep in mind that although neither mangosteen and acai are pharmaceuticals they are chemicals (albeit naturally occurring ones) that can cause some irritating effects if taken improperly or in too high a dose.

For example, with mangosteen one of the problems some people with hypoglycemic tendencies report is feeling a bit 'shakey' after taking the supplement. The solution to this problem is to take mangosteen with some protein to avoid the sugar spike that causes that uncomfortable 'shakey' feeling. This will also give the xanthones a chance to enhance the body's sensitivity to insulin on a cellular level.

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