Vitamin K1 FAQs
How much does Vitamin K1 cost without insurance?
For non-prescription Vitamin K1, customers can expect to pay $68.82. With a SingleCare discount card and a prescription for Vitamin K1, you would pay only $18.01.
How much does Vitamin K1 cost with insurance?
Insurance coverage of Vitamin K1 will depend on many factors, but prescription-only Vitamin K1 will be covered by insurance, while over-the-counter versions will not even with a prescription. If you have a prescription for prescription-only versions of Vitamin K1, the copay cost could vary depending on your insurance plan and the actual product prescribed. A reliable way to save money is with a SingleCare Vitamin K1 coupon. With a price of $18.01 for generic Vitamin K1, a SingleCare savings card may be a better option for your Vitamin K1 prescription than insurance.
Does Medicare cover Vitamin K1 and how much does it cost?
Vitamin K1 is sometimes covered by Medicare prescription drug plans in prescription-only formats, but over-the-counter Vitamin K1 supplements are not even when prescribed. For Medicare patients using Vitamin K1, you can pay as low as $18.01.if you bring your SingleCare Vitamin K1 coupon and your prescription to a participating SingleCare pharmacy, such as CVS, Longs Drugs, or Duane Reade.
What is the brand name of Vitamin K1?
Vitamin K1 is a generic supplement sold under brand names such as Country Life, BioTech, Life Extension, and Swanson. Prescription Vitamin K1 is sold under brand names such as Mephyton (Bausch Health), AquaMEPHYTON (Merck), and Konakion (Roche), or generic phytonadione (Major, Zydus, Amneal, and other generic manufacturers). Search for any of these brand-name prescription drugs on our website or app to find free coupons before visiting your pharmacy.
What is Vitamin K1?
Vitamin K1 (phylloquinone) is a prescription nutrient (vitamin K1) prescribed to people whose blood is not clotting because of a vitamin K deficiency or an inability of the body to use K vitamins. All the K vitamins are a critical part of the blood's ability to form the proteins that are used to form blood clots, so a problem with vitamin K leads to bleeding diseases.
Vitamin K1 is often prescribed to patients on other drug regimens, such as aspirin (salicylate), antibacterial drugs, and others, that interfere with the body's ability to use vitamin K to form blood clotting proteins. Therapy using these drugs often requires treatment with phytonadione, as well, to prevent bleeding problems.
Medical conditions can often cause a vitamin K deficiency. These include liver problems (bile obstruction), chronic diarrhea, celiac disease, Crohn's disease, and swelling and sores in the colon (ulcerative colitis). Vitamin K1 is also sometimes advised or prescribed to women who are pregnant or nursing.
Vitamin K1 along with other K vitamins is typically given as an injection to newborns to prevent vitamin K deficiency bleeding, a rare but potentially fatal condition in newborns.
Vitamin K1 is a fat-soluble vitamin, so people with problems absorbing fats, such as children with cystic fibrosis, will often be prescribed water-soluble Vitamin K1 to prevent bleeding problems along with the other fat-soluble vitamins (the so-called ADEK vitamins).
Vitamin K1 is taken as a tablet or injection.
What are the side effects of Vitamin K1?
While not a complete list, the most common side effects of Vitamin K1 are changes in taste, flushing, sweating, dizziness, fast heartbeat, or blue lips, skin, or nails. Allergic reactions are rare and usually due to the inactive ingredients in a Vitamin K1 supplement or injection.