MEPHYTON SUMMARY
MEPHYTON®
(PHYTONADIONE)
TABLETS
Vitamin K1
MEPHYTON tablets possess the same type and degree of activity as does naturally-occurring vitamin K, which is necessary for the production via the liver of active prothrombin (factor II), proconvertin (factor VII), plasma thromboplastin component (factor IX), and Stuart factor (factor X).
MEPHYTON is indicated in the following coagulation disorders which are due to faulty formation of factors II, VII, IX and X when caused by vitamin K deficiency or interference with vitamin K activity.
MEPHYTON tablets are indicated in:
-
anticoagulant-induced prothrombin deficiency caused by coumarin or indanedione derivatives;
-
hypoprothrombinemia secondary to antibacterial therapy;
-
hypoprothrombinemia secondary to administration of salicylates;
-
hypoprothrombinemia secondary to obstructive jaundice or biliary fistulas but only if bile salts are administered concurrently, since otherwise the oral vitamin K will not be absorbed.
|
