Vitamin K1 and Warfarin: what the published research says
PubMed indexes 8 records that name Vitamin K1 and Warfarin together, either in the title or in an interaction, co-administration, or pharmacokinetic context. Each one is listed below with its study design and, where the abstract states one, the authors’ own conclusion, quoted and linked. This page reports that literature. It does not tell you whether to combine them.
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This page lists published research relevant to Vitamin K1 and Warfarin. It deliberately does not state whether the combination is safe, whether it interacts, in which direction, at what dose, or how far apart to take them.
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The research
8 studies naming Vitamin K1 and Warfarin.
Strongest relevance first: papers naming both substances in the title, then human trials and systematic reviews.
The Annals of pharmacotherapy · 1995 · PMID 8672826
Case ReportsReviewHuman subjects
“In patients receiving warfarin therapy who have an increased INR and are at risk of bleeding, oral vitamin K1 therapy may be safer, less painful, and more cost-effective than the traditional parenteral route of administration.”
British journal of clinical pharmacology · 1986 · PMID 3567019
Human subjects
“Following the administration of vitamin K1, the maximum plasma concentration and area under the plasma concentration time curve values for the metabolite vitamin K1 2,3-epoxide were greater after S warfarin than after R warfarin. The greater anticoagulant potency of S warfarin is reflected by a greater degree of inhibition of vitamin K1 epoxide reductase.”
American journal of veterinary research · 1986 · PMID 3777660
Animal study
“The therapeutic response time, without supportive therapy, after discontinuation of warfarin administration was 30 hours, and there was a PT reversal time of approximately 5 days from the last dose of warfarin. The 100-mg dose of vitamin K1 shortened the therapeutic response time to 12 hours and the PT reversal time to 24 hours.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)”
“Restriction of dietary vitamin K intake does not seem to be a valid strategy to improve anticoagulation quality with VKAs. It would be, perhaps, more relevant to maintain stable dietary habit, avoiding wide changes in the intake of vitamin K.”
Names Vitamin K1 and Warfarin together in an interaction, co-administration, or pharmacokinetic context.
“In contrast to warfarin, BDF has an extremely long-acting biological half-life of 90 days due to minimal metabolism and limited clearance. Here, we report a 45-year-old male who presented to the emergency room with a 12-day history of gross hematuria and mucosal bleeding without previous history of coagulopathy and recurrent SCs use.”
Names Vitamin K1 and Warfarin together in an interaction, co-administration, or pharmacokinetic context.
Limitations
What this evidence cannot tell you.
Search-based evidence indexes have real limits, and it is worth being explicit about them:
Selection. These records were found by searching PubMed titles and abstracts for both substance names alongside interaction and pharmacokinetic terms. Relevant work that phrases things differently, or is not indexed in PubMed, will be missing.
No effect size. The quoted conclusions are the authors’ words about their own study. We have not extracted effect direction or magnitude, and a single study’s conclusion is not a consensus.
Population mismatch. Findings in healthy volunteers, animals, or a specific patient group may not transfer to you, your dose, or your formulation.
Absence is not safety. Few published studies means the combination is under-studied, which is not the same as established as safe.
Nearby evidence
Other pairs with published research.
Pages covering Vitamin K1 or Warfarin alongside a different substance.
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