Safety · Supplement
Bromelain: side effects, safety & interactions
Generally safe; mild antiplatelet action; pineapple-allergy caution.
- Overall grade
- Grade C
- Last revised
- 0
- graded outcomes
- 0
- references listed
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The evidence in words
Safety profile
Generally safe; mild antiplatelet action; pineapple-allergy caution.
Interactions to respect
Anticoagulants (warfarin) — Mild antiplatelet — additive bleeding risk.
What Bromelain is
Bromelain is a proteolytic enzyme from pineapple used for inflammation, swelling, and digestion.
The honest bottom line
A modestly-evidenced anti-inflammatory enzyme, best for swelling and sinusitis. Mind the mild bleeding effect.
Related reading
Entries that share this one's tags or conditions.
- Serrapeptase: side effects, safety & interactionsGenerally tolerated; theoretical bleeding and drug-absorption effects.Evidence grade D
- Boswellia: side effects, safety & interactionsWell tolerated; occasional GI upset.Evidence grade B
- BromelainA pineapple enzyme with modest evidence for post-surgical swelling and sinusitis.Evidence grade C
- Bromelain for Acute sinusitisEvidence grade C — Symptom reliefEvidence grade C
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