Vitamin K : Before Using

Vitamin K - Systemic

Vitamin K *** Before Using *** How to Use *** Fore Safe Use *** Side Effects

Before Using

In deciding to using a medication, the chance of taking the drug must be weighed against the good it will do. This is a decision you will make. For vitamin K, the following must be considered

Allergic reaction

Tell your family doctor if you have any unusual or allergy to vitamin K. Also tell your health care professional if you are allergic to any other substances, such as foods, preservatives, or dyes.

Pregnancy care

Vitamin K has not been reported to cause birth defects or other problems. However, the use of vitamin K supplements during pregnancy is not recommended because it has been reported to cause jaundice and other problems in the baby.

Breast-feeding problem

Vitamin K taken by the mother has not been reported to cause problems in nursing babies. You must check with your family doctor if you are giving your baby an unfortified formula. In that case, the baby must get the vitamins needed some other way.

Use for Children

Children may be especially sensitive to the effects of vitamin K, especially menadiol or high doses of phytonadione. This may increase the risk of side effects during treat. Newborns, especially premature babies, may be more sensitive to these effects than older children.

Elderly care

Many medication have not been tested in elderly people. Therefore, it may not be known whether they work exactly the same way they do in adults people or if they cause various side effects or problems in elderly people. There is no special info about the use of vitamin K in the elderly.

Drug interactions

Although certain medication must not be using together at all, in other cases two various medication may be using together even if an interaction might occur. In these cases, your family doctor may want to change the dose, or other precautions may be necessary. When you are taking vitamin K, it is especially important that your health care professional know if you are taking any of the following:

Acetohydroxamic acid - Lithostat
Antidiabetics, oral - diabetes drug you take by mouth
Dapsone
Furazolidone - Furoxone
Methyldopa - Aldomet
Nitrofurantoin - Furadantin
Primaquine
Procainamide - Pronestyl
Quinidine - Quinidex
Quinine - Quinamm
Sulfonamides - sulfa drug
Sulfoxone - Diasone The risk of a serious side effect may be increased, especially with menadiol

Anticoagulants - blood thinners Vitamin K decreases the effects of these medication and is sometimes using to treat bleeding causing by anticoagulants; however, diseaseds receiving an anticoagulant must not take any supplement that contains vitamin K - alone or in combination with other vitamins or nutrients unless it has been ordered by their doct

Other Information for using

The presence of other medical problems may effect the use of vitamin K. Make sure you tell your family doctor if you have any other medical problems, especially:

Cystic fibrosis or other diseases effecting the pancreas
Diarrhea - prolonged
Gallbladder disease
Intestinal problems These conditions may interfere with absorption of vitamin K into the body when it is taken by mouth; higher doses may be needed, or the drug may have to be injected

Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase - G6PD deficiency The risk of side effects may be increased, especially with menadiol
Liver disease The risk of unwanted effects may be increased