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Phytomenadione

 
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    Oral / IV
    Phytomenadione
    Konakion 

  • Mechanism of Action

  • Repletes the body's stores of vitamin K, overcoming the effect of warfarin on its inhibition of the clotting cascade.

Clinical Use

  • Indications
  • Warfarin reversal - following bleed, due to high INR or before emergency surgery
  • Haemorrhage due to hypoprothrombinaemia
  • Vitamin K deficiency
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