Part Used : ราก
Activity : ANTICOAGULANT ACTIVITY
Solvent/Active Compound : -
Type of experiment : human
Type of animal : -
Type of study : Case report
N(Total) : 1
N(Treatment) : 1
Sex : Female
Age : 76 years
Route : Oral administration
Dose/Conc.(herb) : A piece of ginger root and drinking tea made from ginger powder
Duration : Recently begun
Type of interaction : Pharmacodynamics
Interaction with drug : -
Dose/Conc.(drug) : -
Remark : The patient comes to the emergency department because of hematuria and gingival bleeding, she completed blood count is normal, but her INR is 7.0. After patient stopped all ginger consumption, and the excessive anticoagulation was partially reversed with intravenous vitamin K. Her INR remains in the therapeutic range with no change in her medicines, and with more frequent INR monitoring when she needs extra acetaminophen for a flare of her osteoarthritis.
Note : The patient is a 76-year-old woman with a history of hypertension, osteoarthritis, gastropathy due to NSAID use, atrial fibrillation, and stroke.
