Showing posts with label anticoagulant. Show all posts
Showing posts with label anticoagulant. Show all posts

Warfarin and Vitamin K

Friday, 20 March 2015 0 comments


Warfarin is a small anticoagulant drug that is used to reduce the formation of blood clots. Most commonly, it is vitally used to prevent heart attacks, strokes or any blood clots in arteries or veins. Warfarin is a vitamin K antagonist. It inhibits the actions of clotting factors II, VII, IX and X in blood. This causes depletion of vitamin K functions and slows down the rate of blood clotting. 
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