Orlistat enhances warfarin effect

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 510-512

  MacWalter, Ronald S ^a   Fraser, Hazel W ^a   Armstrong, Katherine M ^a   Rivera Miranda, Giselle ^b   Dion, Pierre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b Ninewells Hosp and Medical School ^*

Author keywords

Orlistat; Warfarin

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; ASCORBIC ACID; NICOTINAMIDE; PERINDOPRIL; RETINOL; RIBOFLAVIN; TETRAHYDROLIPSTATIN; THIAMINE; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN K GROUP; WARFARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG POTENTIATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERNATIONAL STANDARD UNIT; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0037382313     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1C122     Document Type: Article

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