Urologia

Warfarin and Urinary Antibiotics

Hemorrhagic episodes are a frequent side effect in older patients treated with warfarin, and the interaction between warfarin and other drugs can increase bleeding risk. With a recent case-control trial, performed using some databases from Ontario, Canada, the bleeding risk at the upper gastrointestinal tract in patients treated with urinary antibiotics and under continuative therapy with warfarin has been examined. The sample was made up of 134,637 patients ≥ 66 years of age taking warfarin for at least 180 continuative days. In this cohort, 45,972 subjects had received the prescription of at least one antibiotic.
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