The interaction between warfarin and oral corticosteroids now seems more significant than previously thought
April 2007
The interaction between warfarin and oral corticosteroids now seems more significant than previously thought.
Many references list this as low severity...or not at all.
But many warfarin patients have an INCREASE in bleeding time or INR when they start prednisone or methylprednisolone.
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