Interactions between warfarin and three commonly prescribed fluoroquinolones

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 680-685

  Carroll, Douglas N ^a   Carroll, Dana G ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ciprofloxacin; Levofloxacin; Moxifloxacin; Warfarin

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; GATIFLOXACIN; HEMOGLOBIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; WARFARIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; BLEEDING; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG FATALITY; EPISTAXIS; HEART TAMPONADE; HEMATEMESIS; HEMATURIA; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; PUBLICATION; RETROPERITONEAL HEMATOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

AZA COMPOUNDS; CIPROFLOXACIN; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; OFLOXACIN; QUINOLINES; WARFARIN;

EID: 42949143007     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1K605     Document Type: Review

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