Warfarin Bioavailability With Feeding Tubes and Enteral Formula

201025 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Mark Klang · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Dennis Graham · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

V. McLymont · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Abstract

Feeding-tube administration compromises the total amount of warfarin reaching patients. It appears, from this in vitro study, that the mechanism of the interaction of warfarin may be a result of direct binding to the feeding tube.

Topics & Keywords

Pharmaceutical studies and practices Diet and metabolism studies Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Zero hunger

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition

Volume 34, Issue 3, pp. 300-304

DOI: 10.1177/0148607109337257

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