Is Turmeric Safe with Aspirin?
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Avoid high-dose turmeric supplements while taking aspirin therapy, especially in patients with bleeding disorders or those on high-dose aspirin. Consult your pharmacist or physician before use.
Why this interaction occurs
Both aspirin and curcumin inhibit platelet aggregation through complementary mechanisms (COX-1 inhibition and thromboxane suppression), creating additive antiplatelet effects that increase bleeding risk.
Evidence
Evidence level: moderate.
Reported safety data
The FDA’s adverse event reporting system (FAERS) has received 617,935 reports mentioning Aspirin. This reflects reported cases involving the medication in general — not confirmed causation, and not specific to the Aspirin + supplement combination on this page.
FAERS reports are voluntary and cannot prove that a drug caused an event. Do not use report counts to assess the safety of this specific drug-supplement pair.
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