Great article on Vitamin K Supplementation and Anticoagulation Control

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I was looking for this article and found it. There are more out there: http://www.clinicalcorrelations.org/?p=4615

Just saying that what you guys preach is the very right thing to do. Doze your diet and having the Vit. K in it will actually make INR more stable even with Vit. K intake fluctuations.

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Hope it helps some of you. I have started my multi-vitamins that also have Vit. K in them. Will keep on updating my INR in another thread, but all this research looks very promising.



EDIT: Linking up 3 articles that I started which all talk about Vitamin K and/or Coumadin/Warfarin
1. Vitamin K links to USDA.gov: http://www.valvereplacement.org/forums/entry.php?61-Vitamin-K-links-to-USDA-gov
2. Great article on Vitamin K Supplementation and Anticoagulation Control: http://www.valvereplacement.org/for...K-Supplementation-and-Anticoagulation-Control
3. How Warfarin works - good read: http://www.valvereplacement.org/forums/showthread.php?40393-How-Warfarin-works-good-read
 
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Thanks for the summary paper. I've read severeal similar peer reviewed journal articles saying the same thing (which I can't site right now).

Makes sense really. If you have only a little vit K in yoru body, then you take low dose warfarin. small change in vit K will affect dose of warfarin.

If you have high vit K to the point where your vit K stores are full, then if you have variation, your body's stores keep your levels relatively stable. Added benefits are the extra viatmins and minirals you get from leafy greens, and decreased chance of side effects (arterial calcification being a big one).

Always need to look at the big picture, but fortunately more people are getting it right these days.
 
I want to add some more resources as I am actively researching this topic right now.


Hope it helps some of you. I have started my multi-vitamins that also have Vit. K in them. Will keep on updating my INR in another thread, but all this research looks very promising.
 
"Hook" also made a convincing case -- mostly around http://www.valvereplacement.org/for...3-Vitamin-K2-and-Warfarin&p=525065#post525065 -- that supplementing with Vit. K2 rather than (or in addition to) the more easily available Vit. K1 (=~ "Vitamin K in general") may be especially helpful to all of us valvers, not just the mech or ACT crowd. The K1 helps to stabilize INR levels, and the K2 has direct Cardio benefits, as I recall. Warfarin/Coumadin, as a Vit. K antagonist, may decrease the beneficial effects of K2, as well as the undesireable pro-clotting effects of K1.
 
And to think that just a few years ago, we were being warned to NOT eat anything with Vitamin K. (Remember the Coumadin Cookbook?).

I have to get more regular with my vitamin intake -- including more K (I haven't been avoiding it).
 
I'm still taking Vit K supplement and am still able to stay quite consistent with my INR. For those looking for Vit K I buy mine from Puritan's Pride. Before that I got it from GNC online (my local store didn't carry it).
 
Re-stumbled across this post and now I'm very curious in regards to those who take a vit K supplement as to what amount if any (in mg) you have had to increase your dose to stay in range

have had a few big peaks in the graph line over several weeks and just considering if a vit K sup might be the ticket
 
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