i just ate a scrumptious meal of thai noodles and curry w brown rice. lots of healthy veggies (my INR is at 3.1, a bit high for me, so even my coumadin clinic encouraged me to eat green until my next test on thursday). and i ordered it the way i always have - screaming spicy, i can handle whatever you dish up for me.

but...now i'm remembering that at my first coumadin clinic, i was warned not to apply ben gay (i think that has capcaisin in it - and isn't that a derivative of chili peppers?) bc of potential interaction w warfarin. so...if you can't have the spicy stuff on the outside, are you not supposed to have it on the inside either? i looked on the list of potential interactions i was given by the clinic, but no mention of spicy foods. i would *think* spicy food might increase your risk of bleeding (bad timing w a high INR). i decided to follow up my meal w a glass of milk just in case.

any other fire eaters out there that can give some advice? thanks!