Poppers and warfarin

[stef85hki]

As a consequence of the COVID and making the long story short I got tested for an autoimmune disease that affects how my blood clots. Therefore, I have started taking Marevan (Warfarin). Is it still possible to use poppers?

[BootmanLA]

1 hour ago, stef85hki said:

As a consequence of the COVID and making the long story short I got tested for an autoimmune disease that affects how my blood clots. Therefore, I have started taking Marevan (Warfarin). Is it still possible to use poppers?

Possible? Sure. Safely? That's a good question.

The biggest medication risk with poppers is with things that lower your blood pressure - which includes not only classic BP meds, but also many erectile dysfunction (ED) drugs like Viagra and Cialis. Technically, blood thinners aren't designed to lower blood pressure. That said, if you are on a blood thinner and you were to develop bleeding, the blood thinner might make clotting difficult, and thus your pressure would drop as you lose blood. You'd have to lose a significant amount, of course, before it would drop your blood pressure dangerously.

This isn't to say it's safe - anytime you mix medications and other chemical substances, you run the risk of bad interactions. I'm just not aware of any, SPECIFICALLY, between this pairing. 

[stef85hki]

On 10/3/2023 at 8:58 PM, BootmanLA said:

Possible? Sure. Safely? That's a good question.

The biggest medication risk with poppers is with things that lower your blood pressure - which includes not only classic BP meds, but also many erectile dysfunction (ED) drugs like Viagra and Cialis. Technically, blood thinners aren't designed to lower blood pressure. That said, if you are on a blood thinner and you were to develop bleeding, the blood thinner might make clotting difficult, and thus your pressure would drop as you lose blood. You'd have to lose a significant amount, of course, before it would drop your blood pressure dangerously.

This isn't to say it's safe - anytime you mix medications and other chemical substances, you run the risk of bad interactions. I'm just not aware of any, SPECIFICALLY, between this pairing. 

You're totally right. Thanks for the explanation!

I am not aware either of any specific negative interaction between poppers and warfarin. I assume there are but I cannot pin point it. I was wondering if anyone here has experience on the topic, presuming that due to COVID, other guys were affected in a similar way, sadly so.