drpkaur
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A 45-year-old patient reports to his primary care physician complaining of chronic, burning epigastric pain. A diagnosis of gastroesophageal reflux disease is made. In addition to this condition, this patient is anticoagulated with warfarin for atrial fibrillation. Which of the following medications would be contraindicated in this patient?
A. Aluminum hydroxide
B. Cimetidine
C. Misoprostol
D. Omeprazole
E. Sucralfate
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| suv
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cimetidine increase the actions of warfarin
so that drug would be contraindicated
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| drfax
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Cimetidine
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| Leopard
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Sorry to say both Cimetidine and Omeprarzole increase the action of Warfarin and bleeding tendency.
I do not know which choice to select.
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Warfarin interaction.pdf (128 KB, 12 downloads)
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| suv
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thanks for the list leopard
since cimetidine is a major p 450 inhibitor that would be a better choice among the two
feel free to correct me!
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| docarchana
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can someone plz post whats the drug interaction of warfarin with 1)phenytoin, 2)carbamazepine?
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| suv
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hey archana see the file attached by leopard
hope it helps
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| docarchana
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thanku suv. acc to the link,
CBZ- action of warfarin decrease
phenytoin - variable.
both phenytoin & CBZ are inducers of CYP. so why the diff?
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| drpkaur
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suv you are correct..cimetidine is the best and correct answer.
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| docswapna
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what is the normal INR value?
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