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The effect of mushroom extract on heart stents

I have been on 2 mushroom extracts for about 3 months. 1 mL of each, morning and night. My oncologist wants a psa every month but I have had many over the years. When I started taking the extract my psa fell like a stone. My oncologist and all of us were elated. Then this week I had to have emergency heart surgery and a stent in a vital heart artery. My surgeon pulled me off the extracts because there was not enough information on how sticky the blood platelets would become, and would I form a new clot at the site of the stent (or, did the extract accelerate clot formation). I have been devastated. I was getting spontaneous erections again and now I feel like I will go right back into the condition I was in before. I plan to research several Hematologists and see if there is any useful information. I would like to know if there are any other men that have experienced this and how you proceeded. Mike

  1. Hi I am sure this has been devastating for you. While I couldn't find any personal stories in our community about this, I did find this article: https://prostatecancer.net/treatment/dietary-supplements. I really hope you can find a hematologist that can help you. Jill (Team Member)

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