[nafex] Fruit and anticoagulant therapy - potentiation /OT
Elizabeth Hilborn
ehilborn at mebtel.net
Sat Mar 10 10:03:47 EST 2012
Hi folks,
As subscribers to this list are (in general) avid consumers of fruit and
some of us may be taking anticoagulant drugs such as warfarin
(Coumadin), I noticed these reports and wanted to share the information.
I am aware of the potential anticoagulant enhancing effects of leafy
greens. In fact, that effect is commonly included in patient teaching
during the initiation of Coumadin therapy; I was not previously aware of
any association with fruit.
A report on the effects of goji berry enhancing the anticoagulant
properties of medication.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22392549
A report on the effects of cranberry enhancing the effect of
anticoagulant medication.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22231999
These are not newly reported associations, but I have never heard a health care provider warn against potential interactions between fruit and warfarin. So if you are a consumer of these fruits and are a patient having problems with the effects of your oral anticoagulants, this potential interaction may be something to discuss with your health care provider.
Betsy Hilborn
More information about the nafex
mailing list