Why can't you eat brocolli or cabbage whilst taking warfrain?

Question

warfrain taken by an eigthy five year old male with a heart history

Answer 1

Ask your pharmacist.  Many medicines have various food restrictions, because the foods interact with the medicine.  Orange juice, grapefruits, and milk are other foods that commonly interact with various medicines.....

Answer 2

Warfarin dose is affected by the amount of Vitamin K in you diet. Vitamin K is found in leafy green vegetables. Foods high in vitamin K include green tea, turnips, avocados, brussel sprouts, broccoli and green leafy vegetables (e.g. lettuce, cabbage).  

Answer 3

I am guessing that the high sulfur content of those foods messes with the uptake of the drug.  But I do not know this for sure.

Answer 4

Vitamin K decreases the effects of warfarin. Large amounts of vitamin K are found in foods such as liver, broccoli, brussels sprouts, spinach, Swiss chard, coriander, collards, cabbage, and other green leafy vegetables. Do not change the amount of these foods in your diet without first talking to your doctor.

Answer 5

The smell of the farts those two foods produce will probably give an old man a heart attack!

Answer 6

Those foods, along with others that people have mentioned, are high in Vitamin K which thins the blood naturally.  Warfrain is also a blood thinner and when combined with foods high in Vitamin K, thins the blood to the point where it cannot clot at all thus increasing the risks of bruising and the possiblity of bleeding to death if injured - either internally or externally.

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Answer 7

Vitamin K decreases the effects of warfarin. Large amounts of vitamin K are found in foods such as liver, broccoli, brussels sprouts, spinach, Swiss chard, coriander, collards, cabbage, and other green leafy vegetables. Do not change the amount of these foods in your diet without first talking to your doctor.

Answer 8

The previous answers about Vitamin K are all correct.

Also, make sure you discuss this with your doctor. It's not that you CAN'T eat brocoli or cabbage, but that you should keep a consistent diet.

So, if the patient ALWAYS has a serving of brocoli or cabbage for dinner, make sure you don't take it away from them, as that could affect their INR levels as well.

Remember it's all about consistency in the diet.

I strongly suggest you getting a home INR monitor.