She said Egyptian Medicines Authoritythat there are interactions that occur between food and medicine, which reduces its effectiveness in healing.
And the drug authority continued: Sometimes an interaction occurs between food and medicine, which reduces its effectiveness, for example, but not limited to eating food rich in vitamin K, such as broccoli, spinach and turnip, reduces the effectiveness of the anticoagulant warfarin, which increases the risk of clots.
Therefore, the Egyptian Medicines Authority advised warfarin users to balance the consumption of foods rich in vitamin K, conduct medical analyzes to follow up the degree of blood fluidity in accordance with the doctor’s instructions and review the pharmacist to see the extent of the interaction of foods with warfarin, and not to stop using medicines without referring to the health care provider.
