Sawbones: Asafoetida
Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine
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Can Aspatina Interact With Blood Thinners?
There are risks to taking it as a supplement. There is no evidence that if you're using it in that capacity, it would be dangerous. It can cause something called methemoglobinemia which affects the oxygen carrying part of your red blood cells. The iron in the hemoglobin converts from one form to another form - ferrous to ferric. But yeah, right now there are no studies that are compelling, that it has any medical benefits.
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