COUMADIN Reviews (WARFARIN SODIUM)Average Rating: 3.1 (876 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare COUMADIN with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR COUMADIN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | because i have nonmechanical valve | i got bleeding nose and gums.. and i can play now volleyball because i got surgery in my head of accidentaly hit me in my head thrice.. so need to open my skul now i need to careful not to bump or need to be careful to my head for now on..so i really really hate coumadin i dont like ever.. i need to stick my finger to tell to my nurse wht my protime is.. dats an disturbing things and really hate that kind of medicine... | F | 41 | 1mg 1X day | 7/6/2011 | 4 | I had a saddle pulmonary embolism. | was taking forever for my pt/inr to get up before they would let me leave the hospital! finally, it spiked... then, after being home, it would not stay up... i have been losing massive amounts of hair...after reading others posts, i now know why:) i have also been in la la land here recently, i think i know the reason for that too! went off warfarin yesterday for an upcoming surgery to remove my IVC filter... this morning i was extremely dizzy.. went on web to try and find anyone else who had this problem. feeling better this evening... will be going back on warfarin after filter is removed. | have been on warfarin since being hospitalized with the saddle p.e.... will be on for about 1 year. | F | 33 | 4 months 10mg 1X day | 7/5/2011 | 5 | afib | none that I have noticed | M | 73 | 90 days 5 mg 1X day | 7/2/2011 | 5 | bilateral PE | Weight gain 23 pounds since I started and hair loss, swelling in my legs and belly. | F | 49 | 5 months 5mg/7.5mg 1X day | 7/1/2011 | 1 | My father was taking it for afib | My father developed fainting spells and was off balance where he fell onto the concrete floor in the basement. My father's cognitive thinking was not well as he repeated a lot of what he said - never did this before. My father did not feel well being on the medication and knew close to his death that something wasn't right. | There definitely should be a black box warning for elderly people taking this drug. My father's afib did not help in taking this medication and I have found out since that there are new drugs especially for afib that would have helped him tremendously. The new blood blood thinner might have affected his liver but they rate it as 6 percent. | M | 74 | 2.5 years 5 mg 1X day | 6/22/2011 | 1 | blood clot in leg | i hate it. it has caused me to gain weight, sleep a lot and not enjoy life. My INR is up and down so much. I am totally frustrated with this medicine | F | 43 | 1 years 3mg 2X day | 6/18/2011 | 1 | Doctors misdiagnosed me | Fatigue, severe hair loss, nausea, severe head aches, stomach aches, pain throughout my body to the point of not being able to walk, skin discoloration, skin falling of my leg, hives, severe itching, bloody eyes, blood blister hanging from my eye, shortness of breath, weight gain, irritable, exhausted all the time, facial problems - veins popping, breaking out, | 10 years instead of six months of Warfarin, rat poison, I feel have slowly taken away my life. | F | 60 | 10 years 4 mg 1X day | 6/17/2011 | 3 | 2 DVTs, 3 PEs | Always cold, very forgetful, which is a major problem as I'm pre-med, fatigued. | I went on this medication after three bouts with PEs (DVT/PE/PI with birth control pills; DVT/PE with pregnancy; PE after broken clavicle and surgical repair). Decided not to risk another clot/PE, but now that I'm in school again I'm thinking about taking nattokinase to get the anti-clotting without the coumadin side effects. Will keep you posted. | F | 46 | 4 years 7.5 mg 1X day | 6/15/2011 | 1 | dvt l subclavin & auxillary due to | had back fusion so already have pain. made my legs, knees, elbows, muscle and joint hurt so bad hard to even turn over in bed. | I went to er nd they admitted and i told them my experiences with comadin. Some doctors did believed me and finally found one doctor who said "You are eating rat poisen so he gave me a three month script for levenox for 100 mg once a day. Yea shots over pills but today is fifth day off of coumadin and all my pains are gone | F | 50 | 2 weeks 25 1X day | 6/13/2011 | 3 | DVT caused PE on lungs | Hair loss, cold hands and feet, tingling and electric pains in legs, eyesight declining, and memory loss, confusion, lack of focus, and mind going blank mid-sentence. | F | 40 | 75 days 37 1X day | 6/12/2011 | 4 | DVT left leg PE | Very tired, muscular aches, mental fog, itchy skin, increased sensitivity to sun, pins and needle feeling in hands and feet, random odd pains, nausea initially | Pleased to have found website, after a rather frightening experience, and realise that the side effects (?) I am experiencing are not out of the ordinary. Having trouble getting my INR in range. I have not noticed any hair loss and am hoping I don't! I generally feel rubbish: exhausted, lack of motivation, pre-occupied with worrying over every ache and pain and just not my normal self. However, the warfarin is a must. Got very burned (raised pimply rash, very red, sore) from the sun on my arms before I realised about this side effect - be careful! | F | 41 | 30 days 4.5mg 1X day | 6/7/2011 | 4 | PE & DVTs, Thrombophilia | foggy brain, headache, achy joints w/ numbness & tingling in hands & arms in mornings, mild to moderate hair loss, irritable, depressed, fatigue & not sleeping well | disipated clots & prevented further clotting | F | 41 | 2 years 2.5-5MG 1X day | 6/7/2011 | 4 | Blood clots in my heart | Extreme Weight Gain, Fatigue ,Muscle aches all over, big bumps & dark bruising from soft hits, feet and calf pain especially when walking. | I've just recieved a kidney transplant in Feb. 2011 and started the coumadin about a month or so later due to the findings of a couple blood clots in my heart. Although apparently coumadin is "saving my life", this weight gain has caused major depression. Also all the WEIGHT GAIN seems to be in my BELLY. Anyone who wants to talk, feel free to email me. | F | 23 | 3 months 7.5 to 10 1X day | 5/29/2011 | 3 | Mechanical heart valve. | Hair falling out. Always cold, Constantly rundown...no energy. And today I notice my fingernails are purple. I am so delighted to find the site and know I am not alone! Will these side effects ease with time? My INR is all over the place. Not much out there but I have learned kiwi, cranberry, blueberry impact the warfarin as do green veg. | F | 60 | 3 months 8mg 1X day | 5/29/2011 | 3 | AF | For the first couple of months I was totally exhausted and weak. I lost my breath easily. | After researching the drug, I thought that there might be problems with my fluid and potassium intake, so I started taking potassium tablets and increased my fluid intake to at least eight large glasses a day. Within three days I was back to my normal energy levels and have had no problems with either low energy or breathing. If I reach a low level of exhaustion, I sometimes feel weak. It's easy to OD on potassium so I don't recommend this to anyone else, but it gave my life back. | F | 68 | 4 months 2X day | 5/28/2011 | 3 | DVT left leg twice | Always cold, very tired, painful joints particularly wrists and thumbs, depression. | Have to take this for life now. Have lots of trouble regulating the dose for me. INR is always up and down. 13mg at the moment and I only weigh 8 stone. It seems such a high dose and makes me feel so lousy. | F | 44 | 2 years 13mg 1X day | 5/23/2011 | 4 | Pulmonary Embolism | Slight hair loss (nothing noticable to others), feeling really foggy and forgetful all the time, sluggish, joint pains, increased libido, felt physically worn out. | I had a Pulmonary embolism after having surgery, and was on this medication for exactly 6 months. It took about 3 months to get a stable INR, and at that point I was taking 7.5 mg a day. I did notice more hair loss than normal, but nothing severe. I felt stupid all the time, especially at school, because I just could not remember things and couldn't focus - this improved as soon as I was off the drug. It did not cause me to bruise that much. I did feel very sluggish, and almost like my body was giving out, I just didn't have energy and my joints ached. I actually had increased libido, unlike others have said. Might have to do with the fact I was 21. Periods were the worst side effect, because they were really heavy and after I came off of this drug I found out I was now anemic. Overall my experience on this drug was fine. Given the reason that I was on it is pretty scary, they did their job with managable side effects. | F | 22 | 6 months 7.5 1X day | 5/21/2011 | 4 | DVT/PE from sports injury | I had some of the strange numbness in the hands that others have described. I gained a bit of weight but I think that had more to do with the period of forced inactivity while my level was being regulated. I bruised fairly regularly from some very minor bumps. I had a few nose bleeds. I bit my cheek and it bleed for hours. I felt tired often and my sleeping habits changed. It was a means to an end. I am off of it now and it cleared out a fairly massive amount of clots in my leg. | I took this initially with 2 x daily injections of Lovenox to reach a therapeutic state sooner. This shortened my hospital stay drastically. However, Lovenox is extremely expensive if you have no insurance or bad insurance and not every pharmacy carries it. | M | 30 | 6 months 6mg-8.5mg 1X day | 5/19/2011 | 4 | mechanical AVR | have gained 20 pounds in 2 years, hair thinning, tired and shortness of breath with exertion. Have noticed increased anxiety - uncertain if this is medication or result of health related circumstances. | Home meter has helped me be more in control of my health care. Would love if Pradaxa could replace coumadin for me. A Fib patients look into that option! | F | 46 | 2 years 10 mg 1X day | 5/9/2011 | 1 | pe | rat poison they should take this drug themselfs | M | 48 | 2 weeks 2X day | 5/7/2011 |