Marcoumar is an anticoagulant medicine that has active substance Femprocumone.
This oral medication is indicated for the treatment of pulmonary embolism and its action is to decrease the coagulation factors in the liver that are dependent on vitamin K.
Indications of Marcoumar
Pulmonary embolism; myocardial infarction (prevention and treatment); deep thrombosis.
Price for Marcoumar
The Marcoumar box with 25 tablets costs approximately 8 reais.
Side effects of Marcoumar
Colic; diarrhea; intestinal paralysis; nausea; bowel obstruction; blood in stool; vomiting with blood; skin rashes; urticaria; uterine bleeding; sputum with blood; fever; necrosis; loss of hair; burning sensation in feet; hepatitis.
Contraindications of Marcoumar
Pregnant or lactating women; after recent surgery on the eyes, backbone or brain; vitamin K deficiency; disease in the liver or kidneys; bacterial endocartitis; high pressure; bleeding or bleeding tendency.
How to use Marcoumar
Oral use
Adults
- Initiate treatment at doses up to 24 mg per day and adjust them according to the patients' clinical response. The mean maintenance dose is between 0.75 and 6 mg per day.
