Potassium question.

I'm on Warfarin, a bood thinner, and I have a prescription for two potassium tablets a day. I also eat a lot of dark leafy vegtables which contain vitamin K. The anticoagulant clinic has adjusted my warfarin to accomodate the amount of vitamin K. The key is consistancy. I always eat the same amounts of leafy greens and other foods that contain vitamin K.

You'd also have to eat a boatload of dark leafies to interfere with your warfarin. I believe in one of my biochem books there was a case study on two women who were up to 1kg of broccoli per day by the time it interfered with their warfarin...so, 2.2 lbs of broccoli. Ew. :sick:

You'd also have to eat a boatload of dark leafies to interfere with your warfarin. I believe in one of my biochem books there was a case study on two women who were up to 1kg of broccoli per day by the time it interfered with their warfarin...so, 2.2 lbs of broccoli. Ew. :sick:

This is absolutely not true. I worked for 3 years as a cardiac nurse, where we had many a patient on Coumadin. Daily dietary consistancy is the key. That is why patients had their INR (clotting levels) checked daily while trying to get their levels to therapeutic levels, then every few days after that. Most people go once weekly when at home because levels have the potential to flucuate so--then they might go as infrequently as once per month. Case studies are great for teaching norms but sometimes they also portray abnormal or unusual situations. I'm sure there are those patients who are resistant to Coumadin who CAN eat large amounts of Vit K-rich foods.