Yes afaik in the Pharmacy.
They offer sometimes bloodtest for diabetic people so they should do it for those on anticoagulants.
You cuold ask them for suggestions what You can mix with Your antidepressant and what not.
But better ask at 2 different Pharmacies, since they seem to lack a bit in competence in the recent time..
You have to look for the particular mechanism of the blood thinning effect from Your antidepressant.
Example: anticoagulant + thrombocyte agreggation inhibitor = BAD -> synergism of different bloodthinning mechanism ! -> risk of dangerous bleeding
Aspirine + Curcumin/tumeric -> "supposedly" the same bloodthinning mechanism (cox-1)
Aspirine + fishoil = OK -> supposedly the same bloodthinning mechanism (cox-1)
Aspirine + Aspirine = OK -> because at 50-100mg aspirine, the bloodthinning reaches the maximum and this isnt dangerous
Anticoagulant + Anticoagulant = BAD -> because if You reach the maximum, You would get this dangerous bleeding
( But I dont guarantee anything ! Better check it on Your self)
there are 29 factors for bloodthinning and I know only few others,
but regarding PAF ( e.g. Ginkgo) , PF1 or 3 inhibitors (phosphatidylserine) and ADP inhibiton ( rehmannia glutinosa(?), Plavix (?) ) I know not so much.
So:
If Your antidepressant has the same mechanism as Aspirine, there is nothing to fear. Note that antidepressants "could" have a additional mechanism and every antidepressant which increases Serotonin is bad on th longterm ( years?)
because they thickens the artery walls, which mades them lesser elastic and could increase the risk of Heart infract
The influence of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors on human platelet serotonin.
http://www.ncbi.nlm....pubmed/14691577
Antidepressants Linked to Thicker Arteries
http://shared.web.em...r-arteries.html
http://articles.merc...rt-disease.aspx
On the other hand 5-ht seems to thick the blood, so it actually a good thing that they thinn the blood and that You take fishoil suppementation
Effects of serotonin on platelet activation in whole blood.
http://www.ncbi.nlm..../pubmed/9491270
Edited by Flex, 03 September 2014 - 09:35 AM.