{"id":154,"date":"2007-08-31T09:32:01","date_gmt":"2007-08-31T14:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/2007\/08\/31\/coumadin-and-prilosec\/"},"modified":"2018-10-22T14:25:58","modified_gmt":"2018-10-22T19:25:58","slug":"coumadin-and-prilosec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/2007\/08\/31\/coumadin-and-prilosec\/","title":{"rendered":"Are There Coumadin And Prilosec Contraindications To Be Aware Of?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The other day, I wrote a blog about the Contraindications of Ultram and Coumadin<\/a>. Since then, I have been bombarded with questions about other potential issues, conflicts and side-effects of Coumadin<\/a> (Warfarin Sodium). That said, I will respond to each of your questions over the next few weeks. To advance this topic, I have consulted with a psychiatrist who might be co-blogging with me on this subject.<\/p>\n

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Anyways, one of the questions I recently received was, “Are there any potential issues of taking Coumadin and Prilosec following heart valve replacement surgery<\/a>?”<\/p>\n

First off, it helps if we understand what the drugs Coumadin and Prilosec are and what they were designed to do. As I have previously written, Coumadin is used by heart valve replacement patients following surgery to prevent blood-clots on their mechanical heart valve replacements.<\/p>\n

Prilosec, on the other hand, is used to treat symptoms of GERD, or gastroesophageal reflux disease, and other conditions resulting from excess stomach acid.<\/p>\n

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(FYI, my cardiologist put me on Prilosec following my aortic and pulmonary valve replacement. But, you should know that I was not on Coumadin. Since I did not choose a mechanical valve<\/a>, I am not required to use Coumadin. My cardiologist put me on Prilosec to help mitigate stomach upset due to the pain medication – Vicodin – I was on.)<\/p>\n

Now, that we know a little bit about Coumadin and Prilosec, we can better understand any potential issues for heart valve replacement patients taking both Coumadin and Prilosec.<\/p>\n

My research indicates that – similar to Ultram and Coumadin – there MAY BE issues when taking both Coumadin and Prilosec at the same time. According to Drugs.com, Coumadin is referenced as a drug that will affect Prilosec users. Unfortunately, the website, does not share much more information about the potential contraindications or side effects.<\/p>\n

I went to a number of other medical sites to learn more about the potential interactions between Coumadin and Prilosec and found no additional information. That said, I am going to ask a few doctors to learn if they are aware of any potential issues or side-effects of taking Coumadin and Prilosec simultaneously following heart valve surgery.<\/p>\n

If you know anything, please feel free to leave a comment below!<\/p>\n

I hope this helps you better understand the potential drug interactions between Coumadin and Prilosec.<\/p>\n

Keep on tickin!
\nAdam<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-heart-valve-replacement"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}