Effects of combination therapy with warfarin and bucolome for anticoagulation in patients with atrial fibrillation

Abstract

Background: Bucolome, a nonsteroidal antiinfammatory drug, enhances the effects of warfarin. In the present study, the effects of combination therapy (bucolome+warfarin) vs. warfarin alone on atrial fbrillation were investigated. Methods and Results: Combined therapy resulted in a decrease in the warfarin dose to approximately one-third. The fuctuations of the international normalized ratio and the time in therapeutic range were similar in both groups. There was no adverse effect in either group. Interestingly, uric acid was lower in the bucolome group. Conclusions: Bucolome enhanced the effects of warfarin, resulting in a decreased dose of warfarin without adverse effects and it showed similar anticoagulant stability to warfarin alone.