Warfarin is an anticoagulant used as a medication under several brand names including Coumadin. While the drug is described as a "blood thinner", it does...
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(4-hydroxycoumarins, such as warfarin). Warfarin necrosis is a rare but severe complication of treatment with warfarin or related anticoagulants. The...
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Warfarin resistance is a rare condition in which people have varying degrees of tolerance to the anticoagulant drug warfarin. In incomplete warfarin resistance...
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Fetal warfarin syndrome is a disorder of the embryo which occurs in a child whose mother took the medication warfarin (brand name: Coumadin) during pregnancy...
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heart–lung machines, and dialysis equipment. One of the first anticoagulants, warfarin, was initially approved as a rodenticide. Anticoagulants are closely related...
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warfarin and does not require monitoring by blood tests. In a meta analysis of 7 different studies, there was no benefit of dabigatran over warfarin in...
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Vitamin K (section Managing warfarin therapy)
administration of ezetimibe to people who take warfarin (a vitamin K antagonist) would potentiate the warfarin effect. This has been confirmed in humans....
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treatment for factor V deficiency. Reversal of warfarin effect: Patients who are anticoagulated with warfarin are deficient in the functional vitamin K dependent...
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the "fraction bound" of the anticoagulant warfarin is 97%. This means that out of the amount of warfarin in the blood, 97% is bound to plasma proteins...
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determine the clotting tendency of blood, in such things as the measure of warfarin dosage, liver damage, and vitamin K status. PT measures the following coagulation...
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most commonly implicated conventional drugs in herb-drug interactions are warfarin, insulin, aspirin, digoxin, and ticlopidine, due to their narrow therapeutic...
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in those with a history of prior clots. It is used as an alternative to warfarin and does not require monitoring by blood tests or dietary restrictions...
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reducing the risk of stroke, heart attack and pulmonary embolism. Heparin and warfarin are used to inhibit the formation and growth of existing thrombi, with...
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considered as an alternative to warfarin, particularly if a person is on several other medications that interact with warfarin, or if attending medical appointments...
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is unclear if use in pregnancy and breastfeeding is safe. Compared to warfarin it has fewer interactions with other medications. It works by blocking...
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normalized ratio (INR) is also a warfarin study, with therapeutic ranges of 2–3 for standard warfarin and 3–4.5 for high-dose warfarin. In a veterinary study of...
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most commonly used VKAs. In medicine, the most commonly used VKA is warfarin. Warfarin was initially used as a rodenticide, but made the transition to pharmaceutical...
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thrombocytopenia. Often these individuals require long-term anticoagulation. If warfarin is chosen as the long-term anticoagulant, this poses particular challenges...
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to the dense content of vitamin K, individuals taking the anticoagulant warfarin, which acts by inhibiting vitamin K, are instructed to minimize consumption...
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Cholesterol embolism (redirect from Warfarin blue toe syndrome)
crystal embolism, atheroembolism, blue toe, purple toe syndrome, trash foot, warfarin blue toe syndrome: 338 Micrograph showing a cholesterol embolus in a medium...
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Superwarfarin (redirect from Super warfarin)
superwarfarins because they are much more potent and long acting than warfarin. Brodifacoum Bromadiolone Difenacoum Flocoumafen Feinstein, D. L; Akpa...
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hyperparathyroidism, and hypervitaminosis D. In rare cases, certain medications such as warfarin can also result in calciphylaxis. The first skin changes in calciphylaxis...
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antiplatelet drugs such as aspirin or with anticoagulants such as heparin or warfarin. Vertebral artery dissection is less common than carotid artery dissection...
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PMID 18728265. "Broom". WebMD. Chan, T. Y. (2001). "Interaction between warfarin and danshen (Salvia miltiorrhiza)". The Annals of Pharmacotherapy. 35 (4):...
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the case of warfarin, if someone with AF has a yearly risk of stroke that is less than 2%, then the risks associated with taking warfarin outweigh the...
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oral anticoagulation therapy (OAC) with a vitamin K antagonist (VKA, e.g. warfarin with target INR of 2-3) or one of the direct oral anticoagulant drugs (DOACs...
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Deficiency in clotting factors Immunodeficiency Anticoagulants such as warfarin and aspirin Thrombocytopenia Liver or kidney failure and vitamin C deficiency...
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treatment. Typical medications include rivaroxaban, apixaban, and warfarin. Beginning warfarin treatment requires an additional non-oral anticoagulant, often...
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requirements and as a potential player in vitamin K deficiency disorders. Warfarin is a commonly prescribed oral anticoagulant, or blood thinner used to treat...
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Phenprocoumon (section Warfarin)
toe syndrome, and allergic rashes. A rare but severe adverse effect is warfarin necrosis of the skin and subcutaneous tissue during the first days of treatment...
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