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You could recieve vitamin K, which can help decrese your protime. I would need more information from you to help further. if your protime was high but INR is normal that is the number they should base decisions of care on. protime can vary a lot by method and type of reagent used to perform the test.
By Mayo Clinic Staff. Print. A prothrombin time test measures how quickly your blood clots. Sometimes called a PT or pro time test, a prothrombin time test uses a sample of your blood. Prothrombin is a protein produced by your liver. It is one of many factors in your blood that help it to clot appropriately. If you take a blood-thinning medication such as warfarin (Coumadin), your prothrombin time test results will be expressed as a ratio called the international normalized ratio (INR).