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considering the stomach is highly vascular, does the use of blood thinners and/or beta blockers affect digestion?

(To my knowledge), except for dietary restricitons of some blood thinners, the effect of blood thinners and beta blockers on digestion is not discussed.  Other than heart burn/acid reflux, no other effects are mentioned, but considering how much vascularity is in the stomach, wouldn't digestion be affected by any medications that affect the blood or blood flow?

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Edit:  Thank you all for the responses, sorry it took me so long to go through them.
gpt
The answer is no. “Blood thinner” is somewhat of a misnomer as it does not change the viscosity or concentration of any component of the blood, but prevents the coagulation cascade at some point depending on the agent used. Beta blockers do reduce cardiac output, but not close to any degree that would compromise flow to an organ system like the GI tract. Not to mention that the stomach, although vascular like you mentioned, does not really perform a lot of absorption of nutrients. This occurs mostly in the small intestine where the blood supply is essential to take nutrients to the portal system.