Pharmacist Shares Insight on Turmeric Interactions

Insight from Associate Professor of Clinical Specialties Maria Pino, Ph.D., is featured prominently in a VeryWell Health article about medications that may interact with turmeric. Pino, a licensed New York State pharmacist, details turmeric’s possible interactions with several drugs, including aspirin. She notes that aspirin “reduces the clumping of platelets, which decreases the formation of blood clots responsible for heart attacks and strokes.” However, in some preclinical studies, turmeric has also displayed similar effects. Therefore, combining the two can lead to an increased chance of bleeding externally and internally, Pino explained, which can be dangerous.