jmcquown wrote:
> "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> "SteveB" <toquervilla@zionvistas> wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Any here who are post CABG (coronary artery bypass surgery). Would
>>> you care to share your recipes and food practices with regard to
>>> cholesterol, coumadin, et al? Other tips or practices?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>
>>> Steve
>>
>> My wife takes coumadin. The most important thing is to know what
>> foods affect it and be consistent with them. Green salads are OK if
>> you eat them in moderation two or three times a week, but if you eat
>> spinach every day for a week, then don't eat any for a month, you will
>> be out of whack for the PT test.
>>
>
> They put my mother back on coumadin while she was in the hospital. When
> she came home and I went over the list of (30!) meds they had her on (he
> wasn't the one who prescribed this madness) I pointed out spinach is one
> of the few things she'll eat. And she can't eat spinach if she's taking
> coumadin. He prescribed a low-dose aspirin instead. You do indeed have
> to be careful about food and drug interactions.
>
> Jill

He could have adjusted the dosage to accommodate the spinach.

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