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Is gabatrol a blood thinner?
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Gabatrol: This is not a blood thinner, it is a commercial GABA type chemical sold for anxiety and other claims otc
Answered 1/7/2021
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"Thinner"=Misleading: Blood viscosity=primarily due to surface adhesiveness of red blood cells. Blood viscosity is ↓ed in anemia (RBCs farther apart), but is not healthy. All the agents commonly referred to as "thinners" either inhibit blood clotting or stimulate blood clot destruction proteins. Thus all=anti-clotting agents (do not reduce blood viscosity), are recommended to ↓ clots inside blood vessels & ↑ bleeding.
Answered 5/31/2015
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