Interaction checker → Vitamin E + Blood thinners (warfarin type)

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Can you take Vitamin E with blood thinners (warfarin type)?

Additive bleeding risk

What happens

High-dose vitamin E interferes with vitamin K dependent clotting factors.

Drugs in this class include Warfarin / Coumadin, Apixaban / Eliquis, Rivaroxaban / Xarelto.

What to do about it

Keep vitamin E at RDA levels and tell your prescriber.

This is general information compiled from published pharmacology, not advice about your situation. Your dose, your other medication and your bloodwork all matter, and a pharmacist can see those in a way this page cannot.

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