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Vit k is the antidote for6/24/2023 ![]() ![]() The cases described above occurred in Australia using a different product and two of the four dogs had adverse events associated with the use of vitamin K1 products containing these excipients. This is not the case with the product licensed for veterinary use in the UK. It is worth noting that different intravenous vitamin K1 products are available and some contain excipients that are commonly associated with anaphylactoid reactions. None of the dogs required blood products and all recovered. Testing at 1 hour showed that the prothrombin time (PT) has normalised in all cases. A recent case series describes four dogs with anticoagulant rodenticide-induced coagulopathy managed with intravenous vitamin K1. There is however little information to support this delay. Many sources state that vitamin K1 takes time, sometimes hours, to work and so in an animal with bleeding rapid restoration of clotting factors requires a blood transfusion. ![]() It is given prophylactically and in the management of acute coagulopathy. It works by restoring vitamin K body stores and allowing synthesis of clotting factors required for the clotting cascade. Vitamin K1 is the antidote to anticoagulant rodenticide toxicosis.
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