| herbwormwood 2005-01-08, 11:11 am |
| I found a useful web page about vitamin k and warfarin/coumadin:
http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/infocent...amins/vitaminK/
Quote:
Vitamin K antagonists and osteoporotic fracture: Certain oral anticoagulants,
like warfarin, are known to be antagonists of vitamin K. Two recent studies
examined the chronic use of warfarin and the risk of fracture in older women.
One study reported no association between long-term warfarin treatment and
fracture risk (26), while the other found a significantly higher risk of rib
and vertebral fractures in warfarin users compared to nonusers (27). A
meta-analysis of the results of 11 published studies found that oral
anticoagulation therapy was associated with a very modest reduction in bone
density at the wrist, and no change in bone density at the hip or spine
(28)._
so please make sure you eat your veggies!
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