Coumadin

Also Known As

  • Warfarin
  • Panwarfarin

Used For

  • prescribed to prevent blood clots

Do Not Increase The Intake Of

  • Broccoli
  • Cabbage
  • Cauliflower
  • Foods with Olestra (Fat Substitutes)
  • Green Tea
  • Lentils
  • Liver-Beef, Chicken, Pork
  • Seaweed, Soybean Oil, Spinach

Do Not Drink:

  • Alcohol
  • Cranberry Juice
  • Herbal Teas (Teas containing chamomile, tonka bean, melilot, sweet clover, sweet woodruff)

Do Not Use Herbals Listed

  • Dashen
  • Dong Quai
  • Echinacea
  • Feverfew
  • Ginkgo Biloba
  • Ginseng
  • Red Clover
  • Do Not Take Unless Health Care Provider Approved: (Amount in Food is Fine)
  • Alfalfa supplements or forms of alfalfa
  • Coenzyme Q-10 (Ubiquinone, CoQ10)
  • Fish Oil Supplement
  • Garlic Oil Supplements
  • Onion Extract Pills
  • Vitamin E above RDA of 15 mg. (30 IU)
  • Serious bleeding problems can occur if this is not followed.
  • The information above may not be all inclusive. There may be other herbals of health food supplements that interfere with warfarin.