Pharmacist Shares Insight on Turmeric Interactions
Insight from Associate Professor聽of Clinical Specialties , is featured prominently in a article about medications that may interact with turmeric. Pino, a licensed New York State pharmacist, details turmeric鈥檚 possible interactions with several drugs, including aspirin. She notes that aspirin 鈥渞educes the clumping of platelets, which聽decreases the formation of blood clots聽responsible for heart attacks and strokes.鈥� However, in some preclinical studies, turmeric has also displayed similar effects. Therefore, combining the two can lead to an increased chance of bleeding externally and internally, Pino explained, which can be dangerous.