A 48-year-old member asked:
Is there any need to take extra vitamin k?
2 doctor answers • 4 doctors weighed in
Dr. Dan Fisheranswered
Internal Medicine 28 years experience
No: Most do not require extra vit k. Vit k may be beneficial for a select group of patients - those with intravenous feedings, those with malabsorption and those on long term antibiotics. Sometime pts with difficult to control INR while on Coumadin (warfarin) are given low dose vit k to help regularize their numbers.
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Dr. Shivinder Deolanswered
Anti-Aging Medicine 47 years experience
Yes: Most peope are deficient in most nutrients including k. There is a lot of evidence that suggests that adequate k may help prevent arterial calcification and atherosclerosis. It is also essential in bone health to prevent osteoporosis. May be cancer protective.
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Last updated Feb 1, 2018
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