Are There Any Interactions Between Warfarin And Zyrtec?

Posted on Thu, 30 Apr 2015

Question: My mom is visiting me from Cuba. She is taking warfarin a blood thinner since she had ESTENOSYS AORTA MITRAL surgery 30 years ago. Also she is taking a medicine for blood pressure like hydrocloratizida in Spanish. She started with a rash in her body. I went to the walgreens and they told me to give her Zyrtec one 10 mg pill a day. I would like to know if is ok with her condition.

Answered by Dr. Geetika Paul (9 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Allergic skin rash, take treatment

Detailed Answer:
Hi

I understand your concern regarding your skin problem and I hope I am able to help you in the same.
Your mother seems to have developed a generalised skin rash, probably allergic in nature .
She has been prescribed an antihistamine for the condition . In most cases,antihistamines alone are able to control the allergic rashes .
Only in cases where the rash persists or tends to increase ,a detailed examination of the patient is required to find out the exact cause .
So I would advise you to continue with the medicine and she should completely avoid taking any other pain killers or medicine's other than warfarin and the hypertension medicines.

Hope it helps

Dr XXXXXXX Paul

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