Phenylephrine-- Anticoagulant Risk - Stroke (by BLEEDING) risk

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See http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/blppa.htm for a simple

summary of its safety. Because of the danger of " increased

hemorrhagic stroke (bleeding in brain) among women ages 18-49 " , we

can surmise that it also function as an anticoagulant -- although

there is nothing that I can find to identify how it affects

coagulation.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?

cmd=Retrieve & db=PubMed & list_uids=12791938 & dopt=Abstract cites risk

from:

* pseudoephedrine

* oxymetazoline

* phenylephrine

" there is also a stroke risk when these agents are taken properly. "

" 20. Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA) or stroke

Sympathomimetic drugs such as oxymetazoline, phenazoline,

amphetamine, ephedrine, phenylpropanolamine, methamphetamine,

pseudoephedrine, and cocaine can cause stroke. "

If you are doing anticoagulants, your risk is likely much much

higher. Improvement with PPA **implies** coagulation problems and

suggest testing and physician treatment protocols for coagulation

problems may be a wiser course of action...