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Effect of ciprofloxacin on the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of warfarin.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  8838180     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
To determine if ciprofloxacin therapy alters the response to warfarin treatment, 36 adult patients attending three university-affiliated outpatient anticoagulation clinics randomly received a 12-day course of ciprofloxacin (750 mg twice daily) and a 12-day course of placebo; each course was separated by a 2-week washout period. Prothrombin times (PTs), concentrations of S-warfarin and R-warfarin (the isomers of warfarin), and concentrations of clotting factors II and VII were determined three times weekly for 9 weeks. By day 12 of ciprofloxacin therapy, concentrations of S-warfarin remained unchanged compared with those after placebo therapy, but R-warfarin concentrations increased significantly (1.15 times those after placebo therapy; P = .001); concentrations of clotting factors II and VII decreased (0.903 and 0.872 times those after placebo therapy, respectively, P < or = .020). The mean PT ratio after 12 days of ciprofloxacin therapy increased slightly (1.032 times that after placebo therapy; P = .057), but no patient had bleeding or a change in PT that required alteration in warfarin or ciprofloxacin therapy. We conclude that warfarin therapy is not a contraindication to the use of ciprofloxacin.
Authors:
D S Israel; J Stotka; W Rock; C D Sintek; A K Kamada; C Klein; W R Swaim; R E Pluhar; J P Toscano; J T Lettieri; A H Heller; R E Polk
Publication Detail:
Type:  Clinical Trial; Journal Article; Multicenter Study; Randomized Controlled Trial; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America     Volume:  22     ISSN:  1058-4838     ISO Abbreviation:  Clin. Infect. Dis.     Publication Date:  1996 Feb 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1996-12-03     Completed Date:  1996-12-03     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9203213     Medline TA:  Clin Infect Dis     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  251-6     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond 23298, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Anti-Infective Agents / pharmacology*
Anticoagulants / pharmacokinetics*,  therapeutic use
Ciprofloxacin / pharmacology*
Double-Blind Method
Drug Interactions
Factor VII / analysis
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Prothrombin / analysis
Prothrombin Time
Warfarin / pharmacokinetics*,  therapeutic use
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Anti-Infective Agents; 0/Anticoagulants; 81-81-2/Warfarin; 85721-33-1/Ciprofloxacin; 9001-25-6/Factor VII; 9001-26-7/Prothrombin

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