Question

A client has been diagnosed with an amebiasis infection, and the primary health care provider has prescribed metronidazole. The client is also taking warfarin for blood clotting. Which is a possible interaction associated with taking metronidazole with warfarin?

Answer 1

Answer: Taking warfarin with metronidazole will cause the client to bleed easily.

Explanation: Warfarin is a blood thinning agent, that is, an anticoagulant . Over dosing increases the chances of bleeding.

Metronidazole increases the half life of warfarin thereby increasing the stay of warfarin in the system . This will potentially lead to bleeding .