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Is Warfarin Advisable While Receiving Chemotherapy For Stage-4 Lymphoma?
Question: What is the relationship between Lymphoma Stage 4 Type 2 treatment with chemo and deep vein thrombosis treatment with Warfarin. How do they affect each other?
Brief Answer:
Warfarin can have significant interactions with other drugs
Detailed Answer:
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Warfarin has low therapeutic index that is its "safe" dose range is narrow. Some drugs can induce the metabolism of warfarin. Thus it can cause the effect of warfarin to lower and increased risk of thrombosis. Some drugs may inhibit warfarin's metabolism and can cause its effect to escalate and cause increased risk of bleed.
If you let me know the names of medicines being prescribed for cancer, I will be better able to help you.
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Dr Vaishalee
Warfarin can have significant interactions with other drugs
Detailed Answer:
Hi
Thanks for your query at HealthcareMgaic.
Warfarin has low therapeutic index that is its "safe" dose range is narrow. Some drugs can induce the metabolism of warfarin. Thus it can cause the effect of warfarin to lower and increased risk of thrombosis. Some drugs may inhibit warfarin's metabolism and can cause its effect to escalate and cause increased risk of bleed.
If you let me know the names of medicines being prescribed for cancer, I will be better able to help you.
Waiting for your reply.
Dr Vaishalee
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