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INR management

food information

INR range is managed mainly by Warefarin/Coumadin dosing. Following, is a (partial) list of foods and supplement that may affect your INR either directly or by interacting with Warfaring/Coumadin

Warfarin food interaction

High vitamin K ==>
Cranberries/Juice
Grapefruit/Juice
Mango (May raise INR)
Goose liver, Celery, Alcohol,
Garlic, Black licorice, Beet root, Red yeast rice.

*R – May raise INR

Foods rich in vitamin K

beef liver, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, collard greens, endive, kale, lettuce, mustard greens, parsley, soy beans, spinach, Swiss chard, turnip greens, watercress, and other green leafy vegetables.

Moderate to high levels of vitamin K: asparagus, avocados, dill pickles, green peas, green tea, canola oil, margarine, mayonnaise, olive oil, and soybean oil. Snack foods containing the fat substitute Olestra, are fortified with 80 mcg of vitamin K per each one ounce serving.

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Warfarin, possible supplement interactions

Vitamin: K, K2 ,C, E(*R), A, D3, Probiotics, Resveratrol , Omega 3, Flax seeds, Coenzyme Q10, Dong quai *R, Danshen*R , Garlic, Ginkgo biloba, Ginseng, Green tea, Golden seal, Kava kava *R, St. John’s wort, Senna leaves, Nattokinase, Fiber, Quinine/Quinidine(*R),

More information

food-as-medicine.org/INR

Take Magnesium/Zinc/Iron at least two hours apart from Warfarin That should eliminate any possible interaction.

Common drugs that can interact with warfarin include:

Aspirin or aspirin-containing products
Acetaminophen (Tylenol, others) or acetaminophen-containing products
Antacids or laxatives
Many antibiotics
Antifungal medications, such as fluconazole (Diflucan)
Cold or allergy medicines
Ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin IB, others) or naproxen sodium (Aleve, Naprelan, others)
Medications that treat abnormal heart rhythms, such as amiodarone (Pacerone, Nexterone)

scan for more information on drug interaction:

drug interactions with Warfarin

Resources:

Nattokinase,

Vitamin D3 – reduce vitamin K

Take Magnesium/Zinc/Iron at least two hours apart from Warfarin That should eliminate any possible interaction

Notes

It’s important to have a consistent amount of vitamin K in your diet (if on warfarin). If you have little vitamin K in your diet, a sudden spike can increase your risk of bleeding.

Resistance to oral anticoagulants has been associated with high vit K food intake.

olestra, are fortified with 80 mcg of vitamin K per each one ounce serving

Consumption of large amounts of mango fruit has been associated with enhanced effects of warfarin. The exact mechanism of interaction is unknown but may be related to the vitamin A content, which may inhibit metabolism of warfarin.

May increase INR (limited data): Grapefruit, grapefruit juice, or grapefruit seed extract, pomegranate juice.

Cranberry juice resulting in changes in the INR and/or bleeding complications (limited data).

Black currant juice and black currant seed oil may theoretically increase the risk of bleeding

An interaction with chewing tobacco was suspected in a case of warfarin therapy failure in a young male who was treated with up to 25 to 30 mg/day for 4.5 years. The inability to achieve adequate INR values led to eventual discontinuation of the chewing tobacco, which resulted in an INR increase from 1.1 to 2.3 in six days. The authors attributed the interaction to the relatively high vitamin K content in smokeless tobacco.

Some experts recommend that continuous enteral nutrition should be interrupted for one hour before and one hour after administration of the anticoagulant dose and that enteral formulas containing soy protein should be avoided. Anticouglant users should consider limiting the consumption of cranberry juice or other cranberry formulas or pomegranate juice, black currant juice, and black currant seed oil.

Natural blood thinners

Those are not considered Warfarin alternative, i’m looking for more information about using some kind of INR stack, based on the above, thus minimizing the amount of Warfarin

Other blood thinning medication:

Plavix – avoid grapefruits, Celery

Rivaroxaban, sold under the brand name Xarelto among others

Dabigatran(Pedexa)

Apixaban is a promising candidate and may be a useful alternative to warfarin for thromboprophylaxis of mechanical heart valves. Unlike warfarin, no adverse bleeding events were observed in any apixaban groups.