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ArticleThe Journal of international medical research2021

The influence of excessive consumption of liquorice on phenprocoumon (Marcumar®): a case report.

Hermann Casper Roemer, Luisa Kunz, Suzan Botzenhardt

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Article in The Journal of international medical research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hermann Casper RoemerInstitute for General Medicine, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
Luisa KunzInstitute for General Medicine, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
Suzan BotzenhardtInstitute for General Medicine, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7648-086X
University of Duisburg-Essen · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Here, the case of a 92-year-old female patient, who was diagnosed with atrial fibrillation and treated with phenprocoumon (Marcumar®), is reported. Pre-existing comorbidities were arterial hypertension, coronary heart disease, diabetes mellitus type 2, mild senile dementia and renal insufficiency. Despite treatment with phenprocoumon (Marcumar®), the patient experienced an ischaemic stroke. Her measured international normalized ratio (INR)-values during the months before the stroke were within the therapeutic range of 2-3, then suddenly decreased to 1.25. A retrospective inquiry failed to identify any significant changes in behaviour or therapy adherence, other than the consumption of 1.5 kg (3.3 lb) of hard-boiled candy liquorice in the days leading up to the stroke. The sudden decrease in INR-values may be explained by the influence of liquorice and its compounds on the pharmacokinetics of phenprocoumon (Marcumar®). In this context, the most important factors are the susceptibility of vitamin K antagonists to nutrition or metabolic irregularities, the influence of liquorice on the function of isoenzymes of the cytochrome P450 family that may lead to reduced bioavailability of phenprocoumon, and the influence of liquorice on peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha transactivation.

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Brain IschemiaGlycyrrhizaStrokeAged, 80 and overAnticoagulantsFemaleHumansInternational Normalized RatioPhenprocoumonRetrospective StudiesAnticoagulantsPhenprocoumoncase reportcytochrome P450ischaemic strokeLiquoricephenprocoumonPPARαvitamin K antagonists

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PMID34826377
PMCPMC8646198
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