Warfarin oral tablet is available as both a generic and brand-name drug. Brand name: Jantoven (Coumadin was discontinued in April 2020). Warfarin comes only as a tablet you take by mouth. Warfarin is ...

Vitamin K can influence the effects of warfarin. People should aim to keep the amount of vitamin K in their diet stable to avoid changing the effectiveness of warfarin. When taking warfarin, people ...

People with the heart rhythm disorder atrial fibrillation may have a heightened risk of developing dementia-- and the quality of their drug treatment may play a role, a new study hints. Specifically, ...

Warfarin (Coumadin) is part of a group of drugs called anticoagulants. They help stop your blood from getting thicker, or “clotting.” You might hear these meds called “blood thinners.” But ...

Warfarin is an anticoagulant medication that doctors prescribe to reduce the risk of blood clots, which may cause vein blockages, heart attack, and stroke. Blood clotting is useful for stopping ...

A doctor has warned that certain common foods could affect how anticoagulants work and people taking blood thinners should speak to their GP about their diet ...

Edoxaban is a direct oral factor Xa inhibitor with proven antithrombotic effects. The long-term efficacy and safety of edoxaban as compared with warfarin in patients with atrial fibrillation is not ...

The role of antithrombotic therapy in secondary prevention after myocardial infarction is well established. Although the available literature suggests that warfarin is superior to aspirin, aspirin is ...

Overview: Warfarin is used to help prevent and treat blood clots, as well as complications from blood clots. It also helps lower the risk of complications after a heart attack. The most common side ...

Although warfarin is the most widely used anticoagulant worldwide, the mechanism by which warfarin inhibits its target, human vitamin K epoxide reductase (hVKOR), remains unclear. Here we show that ...

The required dose of the oral anticoagulant warfarin varies greatly, and overdosing often leads to bleeding. Warfarin is metabolised by cytochrome P450 enzymes CYP2C9, CYP1A2 and CYP3A. The target ...

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