LOW-dose vitamin K supplements to stabilize the effect of warfarin in certain patients
March 2006
Some experts are trying LOW-dose vitamin K supplements to stabilize the effect of warfarin in certain patients.
A small percentage of warfarin patients have unpredictable fluctuations in clotting time or INR...despite careful monitoring and dose adjustments.
And these fluctuations don't seem to be accounted for by changes in diet, drug therapy, illness, etc.
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