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My mom is taking lovenox (enoxaparin) 80mg injection 1x every 12 hours and megestrol 40 mg 2x every 12 hours. is black seed (nigella sativa) oil good to take or no?

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NO: When a person is taking anticoagulants and hormones these medications already have Life-threatening side effects involving regulation of clotting and bleeding requiring careful monitoring and supervision by Doctor Supplementing are medications of unknown quality , strength ,purity.Each batch varies instrength and purity they have significant and unknown side effects and drug interactions

Answered 8/9/2014

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Supplements: It is always a good idea to check for medication interactions when combining vitamins or supplements with standard "western" based medical products. There a literally hundreds of drug interactions-some known and some unknown. Some medicines are notorious for drug supplements interactions such as warfarin and calcium channel blockers. I know of no drug interaction between black seed andabovemeds

Answered 8/5/2014

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