Dietary Guidelines For Warfarin Therapy

Warfarin brand names coumadin and jantoven is a prescription medication used to prevent harmful blood clots from forming or growing larger.

Dietary guidelines for warfarin therapy. The 2005 dietary guidelines for americans recommends 3 cups week of dark green vegetables which contain about 100 to 570 microg serving of vitamin k1. Warfarin requirements may change in those altering their intake of dark green vegetables. Anticoagulation cover for the first five days of warfarin initiation therapy. Vitamin k vitamin k plays an important role in blood clotting.

Beneficial blood clots prevent or stop bleeding but harmful blood clots can cause a heart attack stroke deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism because warfarin interferes with the formation of blood clots it is called an anticoagulant pdf. However certain foods and beverages can make warfarin less effective in preventing blood clots. Examples of these include broccoli and asparagus. Warfarin is a blood thinner that can be more effective when restricting foods that are vitamin k rich.

It s important to pay attention to what you eat while taking warfarin. There is no specific warfarin diet. Coumadin and warfarin diet interactions some foods and other items you consume can change the way your warfarin works. Warfarin interferes with the way a certain clotting factor helps your blood to clot.

Evidence is based on recommendations from the antithrombotic therapy and prevention of thrombosis 9th edition. While taking warfarin fats and oils oral nutritional supplements and dietary supplements and herbs should be monitored. It s important to eat a balanced diet but when you take warfarin there are some extra things to consider. A clotting factor is a substance that helps the blood clump together to form a clot.

Olive oil and margarine are both high sources of vitamin k but can be incorporated in your diet in moderation. Warfarin is a blood thinning medication that helps treat and prevent blood clots. American college of chest physicians clinical practice guidelines. Foods with vitamin k some herbals and over the counter products multi vitamins nutritional shakes alcohol vitamin k vitamin k is common to many foods.

Learn more about foods to avoid on the. Warfarin is extensively metabolised by the liver mostly to inactive hydroxylate metabolites which are predominantly eliminated by the renal system micromedex 2 0 2015. Oral nutritional supplements contain vitamin k as part of added vitamins but can be. For factors that may impact on the metabolism of warfarin or monitoring of the.

This guideline outlines the evidence for managing anticoagulation therapy with oral vitamin k antagonist warfarin.