Authors say findings warrant re-examining approach to managing anticoagulation in older adults. (HealthDay News) — Having a supratherapeutic international normalized ratio (INR) while taking warfarin ...

November 17, 2009 — A new post hoc analysis of the RE-LY trial shows that dabigatran etexilate (Boehringer Ingelheim) is noninferior in the lower dose and superior in the higher dose to warfarin for ...

A man taking warfarin presents with blood-stained saliva and swelling that rapidly progresses to airway obstruction, ...

Researchers have found an association between treatment with the antibiotic dicloxacillin and a decrease in international normalized ratio (INR; a measure of blood coagulation) levels among patients ...

PHOENIX — Patients with hip fractures who also take warfarin have a quicker correction of INR when they receive vitamin K within 4 hours of admission, according to study results presented at the ...

Many patients with good INR control on warfarin won’t maintain a high time in therapeutic range (TTR) even a year later, making past TTR a poor predictor of clinical outcomes in patients with A-fib, a ...

Patients have poor knowledge of warfarin, which may increase their risk of serious side effects, according to new research. Patients have poor knowledge of warfarin which may increase their risk of ...

Digoxin was shown to be dangerous at high levels for atrial fibrillation (Afib) patients in a randomized trial. Meanwhile, another study suggested the benefit of genotyping for better warfarin ...

Because of various clinical situations, there may be a need for clinicians to transition patients from one anticoagulant therapy to another. In order to do this safely, the pharmacology profiles of ...

Q. I have had blood clots in my lungs, and I take Coumadin to prevent recurrences. When I drank 12 ounces of cranberry-grape juice, it sent my INR level to 16.4, compared with the previous day’s level ...