Does acetaminophen thin blood

Answer 1

I found this: ibuprofen does not thin the blood like aspirin does. At higher doses of ibuprofen(ie. 800 mg three times a day) there can be a potential for thinning of the blood but it is a "reversible" effect where as aspirin has an "irreversible" effect. If you are only taking over the counter doses once or twice a day there is probably no clinically significant thinning. Aspirin can be taken daily to help protect the heart by preventing blood clots. Ibuprofen does not have the same effects.

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Fresh evidence adds to suspicions that ibuprofen could be dangerous for most heart patients because it can block the blood-thinning benefits of aspirin. Scientists believe ibuprofen clogs a channel inside a clotting protein that aspirin acts on. Aspirin gets stuck behind the ibuprofen and cannot get to where it is supposed to go to thin the blood.

Answer 2

http://www.medicinenet.com/ibuprofen/article.htm Click on the link above, and look under drug interactions. It states that ibuprofen (which is in advil) does in fact thin the blood.

Answer 3

Motrin does not directly thin the blood. Motrin is a medication whose purpose is solely to treat the pain of the person taking it.

Answer 4

You should actually ask your doctor not a random person.

Answer 5

Ibuprofen (Advil) does thin the blood and should not be taken with oral blood thinners or anticoagulants such as Warfarin (Coumadin).

Answer 6

Acetaminophen is only considered a blood thinner in large doses.