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Old Sun Feb 15, 2009, 01:57 PM
Birgitta-A Birgitta-A is offline
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Grape seed extract

Hi Dick,
You know before I was dx with MDS I often used alternative drugs with good results like echinacea for infections, cranberry juice for cystitis and so on. Now when my platelets are low (last count 42) I always google the name of the drug + platelets.

As a matter of fact most drugs that are good for peoples health are bad for patients with low platelets because they increase the bleeding and prevent arteriosclerosis. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16160595

Green tea and grape seed extract should be avoided by patients with low platelets. Perhaps your platelets are OK . Then you only get the positive effects of green tea and grape seed extract.
Kind regards
Birgitta-A
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