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Interaction between warfarin and tamoxifen: a case report
D Mishra1, R Paudel, P V Kishore
1Department of Medicine, Manipal Teaching Hospital, Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Pokhara, Nepal. deepakmishra46@hotmail.com
Abstract:
Warfarin is a commonly used anticoagulant with documented reports of drug interactions. Tamoxifen is used in the adjuvant hormonal treatment of women with oestrogen-receptor- positive breast cancer. Warfarin and tamoxifen are known to interact with each other with a resultant increase in the bleeding tendency. These reports are mainly from the white population. We report a case of drug interaction between warfarin and tamoxifen with an acute onset. This report suggests that when these drugs are co administered, careful monitoring of the coagulation profile is needed.
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