Part Three: Warfarin Drug Interactions

Drug Interactions with Warfarin: Inhibition

Notes:

This slide lists the venous drugs and foods that have been reported to have no effect on warfarin The strength of the evidence is shown in the left hand column. With excessive consumption, alcohol potentiates the effect, but when limited to two glasses of wine /day, it has been reported not to influence the anticoagulant effect of warfarin.

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About this presentation:

The content of these pages is from a presentation called  "Management of Oral Anticoagulant Therapy: Principles & Practice," prepared by the American Heart Association's Post-Graduate Education Committee of the Council on Clinical Cardiology.  Supported by an educational grant from DuPont Pharmaceuticals.

Authors: Jack Ansell, M.D., Jack Hirsch, M.D., Nanette K. Wenger, M.D.

Data current as of October 1999.

Endorsed by the Anticoagulation Forum and the American Heart Association Council on Atherosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology.

The entire PowerPoint presentation is available from the American Heart Association.