Antibiotic-warfarin concerns downplayed
22nd January 2014
Antibiotics have only "minimal" impact on warfarin therapy, according to a new study suggesting this interaction poses very little risk to patients' health.
A "real-world" analysis of 12,000 patients on long-term warfarin found antibiotics were associated with only very small increases in INR — hardly any of which required a dose adjustment.
Reassuringly, there was no difference in rates of thromboembolism, bleeding and mortality between patients who took antibiotics and those
