Effect of Ciprofloxacin on the Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Warfarin

Autor: Debra S. Israel, William Rock, John T. Lettieri, Charles D. Sintek, John P. Toscano, Catherine Klein, Jennifer L. Stotka, Allen H. Heller, William R. Swaim, Ron E. Polk, Alan K. Kamada, Robert E. Pluhar
Rok vydání: 1996
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Zdroj: Clinical Infectious Diseases. 22:251-256
ISSN: 1537-6591
1058-4838
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/22.2.251
Popis: 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.
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