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Drug-drug interactions between vitamin K antagonists and statins: a systematic review
Author(s) -
Anna Elise Engell,
Andreas Ludvig Ohm Svendsen,
Bent Lind,
Tore Bjerregaard Stage,
Maja Hellfritzsch,
Anton Pottegård
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
european journal of clinical pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.845
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 1432-1041
pISSN - 0031-6970
DOI - 10.1007/s00228-020-03074-w
Subject(s) - medicine , warfarin , simvastatin , vitamin k antagonist , statin , concomitant , drug , vitamin k , anticoagulant , drug interaction , pharmacology , atrial fibrillation
Concomitant use of vitamin K antagonists (VKA) and statins is frequent in cardiovascular patients. However, clinical guidelines on this drug combination are divergent. Therefore, we performed a systematic review to evaluate the effect of statin initiation on coagulation among VKA users.

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