ORAL vitamin K is not as effective as INJECTABLE vitamin K for reversing warfarin anticoagulation.
May 2003
For years, it's been thought that ORAL vitamin K is not as effective as INJECTABLE vitamin K for reversing warfarin anticoagulation.
This stems from a study that suggests oral vitamin K produces variable responses due to unpredictable absorption.
But this is not the whole story.
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