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

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

Vitamin K directly opposes warfarin

What happens

Warfarin works by blocking vitamin K recycling. Supplemental K swings your INR and can push you into clot territory.

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

What to do about it

The clinic managing your INR needs to know about any change to vitamin K intake, in either direction.

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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