Does warfarin interact with oseltamivir or zanamivir?

Publisher: South West Medicines Information and Training

Date published: 27/07/2011 11:06

Review date: 27/07/2013 23:14

Summary
by: Trevor Beswick

Whilst reports exist of increases in the INR of people taking warfarin and oseltamivir, the mechanism for a possible interaction has not been proposed.  Whilst a specific interaction between warfarin and oseltamivir (or zanamivir) cannot be ruled out, it may be that the fever associated with swine flu is a more likely cause of these cases of raised INRs in people on warfarin.

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NeLM area:  Evidence > Medicines Q & A

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