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Living With Anticoagulation
Nutrition
Oral anticoagulants create a deciency of vitamin k, slowing your
blood’s ability to clot.
Many people being treated with oral anticoagulants such as warfarin wonder if they should restrict
the amount of vitamin K they consume in their food (which might reduce the effectiveness of their
warfarin). In the first instance patients should talk to their health care professional for advice.
It is important to eat a consistent, healthy diet when taking warfarin.
Patients taking oral anticoagulants are advised against dramatically altering their diet e.g. from
eating few vegetables to a strict vegetarian or vegan diet with lots of vegetables. If you would
like to make this switch, your INR should be checked more regularly during the period when the
diet is being changed. A healthy and diversified diet followed by anticoagulant therapy adjusted to
your personal requirements is of core importance.
What is definitely unhelpful for your INR value is irregular consumption of vegetables i.e. eating a
lot of green vegetables one day and none the next.
Does diet or alcohol affect INR monitoring?
Yes, it does. What you eat and drink can raise or lower your INR levels, so it’s important to have
a balanced diet while you’re self-monitoring. Your healthcare professional will be able to give you
further support and information with this.
For more information regarding diet and nutrition with anticoagulation, look at our blog posts on
the shop.coaguchek.com website or visit:
http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Anticoagulants-
warfarin-/Pages/Interactions---other-medicines.aspx
hy anticoagulation self-monitoring makes the difference
Self-monitoring coagulation allows patients to check their INR value – no matter where and when.
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