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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR COUMADIN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | dvt | fatigue | M | 60 | 36 days 10 mg 1X day | 9/20/2011 | 2 | Pulmonary Embolism | Extreme Fatigue, fogginess, forgetfulness | Since beginning Coumadin I have not been able to complete more than 2 days of work a week because I am so tired that I require 12-14 hours of sleep a day in order to feel "normal" | F | 37 | 45 days 7.5 - 11.5 1X day | 9/21/2011 | 1 | lost toes on lft foot- blockage | fatigue, low back pain, pain in rt foot and lower right leg | I am quitting this drug as soon as possible | M | 58 | 3 months 10 1X day | 9/25/2011 | 3 | Dvts and PE's | Always tried, numbness in fingers, hands, feet and toes. Aching muscles. Not sleeping well. Weight Gain, heart palpations, out of breath and lack of concentration. Always forgetful. And I have just been diagnosed with mild osteoporosis. | After reading all the comments, I started doing more research. All the symptoms listed are for anemia. Thin blood. The symptoms are real but there is nothing else to treat long term clotting and the side effects do not outweigh the results. It’s a struggle but I will continue to look for alternate treatment for blood clots | F | 52 | 7 years 7.5 1X day | 9/26/2011 | 4 | 2 pulmonary embolisms | Easy bruising, slow healing. After a recent accident, I was off coumadin for a week and healed really fast. After I went back on it, healing stopped. When I took it at night, I had sleep problems, so I take it in the morning. I bike 20 miles a day and have, if anything, lost a bit of weight. I eat lots of vegetables and my dose deals with that. My INR is pretty steady 2.5-2.7, except when I travel and it goes either up or down to the edge of my range and sometimes beyond. | After my first PE, I was on Coumadin for a year and a half. Since the second, 10 years later, I have been on Barr Warfarin for five and a half years. The symptoms have been similar for me. My hair has gotten a bit thinner and more fragile, but I attribute that to aging. | F | 60 | 5.5 years 5 1X day | 10/10/2011 | 3 | Lupus | Memory loss, hair loss, tiredness. | I have been taking Coumadin for long time and did not know any alternatives. Recently my doctor advised me of all side effects of Coumadin. It was shocking to learn how bad this medication affect some people. I am looking into switching to increase dosage of Omega-3 fish oil instead of Coumadin. | M | 41 | 12 years 6 1X day | 10/14/2011 | 4 | Atrial Flutter/Afib | Foggy memory, especially short terms as I notice I forget days of the week and events. I have to write things to do list. Heavy menstrual. Brusing on arms and legs which occurs every now and then,ice packs helps. | I'm active person,no drinking/smoking - heavy exercise and caffeine I think put me into Atrial Flutter. Cardioversion twice in 2 mos. I'm researching that magnesium supplement is good for the heart & muscles. I'm also anemic and take Iron & Vit D and Vit C. Will start taking CQ10 and high quality Fish Oils as I want to be off coumadin. IMO, with any drugs its okay to be on meds temporarily depending on what you have it can save your life! DO LOTS OF RESEARCH FOR ALTERNATIVE NATURAL HERBS/SUPPLEMENTS, tell your doctor what your plans are and to work with you to monitor changes. Found this forum helpful, thank you for sharing and GOD Bless us all! | F | 49 | 4 months 6-8 1X day | 10/17/2011 | 1 | DVT | Hair loss tired all the time, body aches headaches legs hurt a lot. | I hate taking it . I did stop taking it at one time but blood clots got much worse. So have been back on it again for years . I thought it was all just me until I read what others are having the same thing . | F | 73 | 10 years 5mg 1X day | 10/18/2011 | 4 | Atrial fib | My mother in law sometimes gets diarrhea . She says her fingers hurt. Shes been walking slower than usual. She says she thinks its arthritis. Her bilrubin was elevated today to 3?? | She says she feels good, she has alot of energy. I think she is doing very well. | F | 81 | 2 years 2.5 1X day | 10/19/2011 | 2 | DVGT | loss of memory, hair falling out, loss of words, tiredness and sleepyness, loss of motivation | F | 62 | 100 days 4X day | 11/16/2011 | 1 | 2 DVTs, 2 pulmonary embolisms | Depression, hair loss, foggy memory, complete personality change, irritability, loss of appetite, fatigued. | I'm on coumadin for the rest of my life. I'm not sure if the depression and personality change are symptoms of coumadin or if they're a result of the experience I had with DVTs and embolisms at such a young age. | F | 21 | 6 months 10mg 1X day | 11/21/2011 | 2 | 2x multiple pulmonary emboli | At therapeutic doses severe fatigue / feel like I have not slept (although I have)/ irritable/ distracted. | F | 41 | 3 months 17.5mg SID | 11/23/2011 | 1 | mechanical AVR | my brother had fatigue, weakness for last 3 months, progressive worsening headaches for 1 week, INR at 4.5 that day and went to cardiologist in the morning who said everything was OK had a cerebral bleed that night and died!! | M | 59 | 2 years 10 1X day | 11/23/2011 | 5 | 2 DVTs and 2 PEs | overall, I don't have many side effects. Sometimes my INR reads higher than I thought it would, but it has been easily remedied with diet and dosage adjustment. I am always cold. If my INR gets too high, I get severe headaches that absolutely nothing can alleviate. At first, I was depressed, but that was due to the situation not the meds. I'm grateful for all it's done to keep me alive and out of the hospital. | F | 31 | 4 years 10 1X day | 11/28/2011 | 4 | DVT | Thinning hair; forgetfulness, and frequent nosebleeds (1 or 2 per day) that stop in few minutes so I don't go to ER although I'm very concerned something is not right. | I just want to know why I get so many nosebleeds and my INR level is on the low side 1.8 to 2.3. | F | 46 | 3 months 7.5mg 1X day | 12/4/2011 | 3 | dvt left calf | Bruising, headache, cold all the time, loss of breath, tired, | F | 18 | 3 months 5, 7.5 | 12/4/2011 | 5 | 4-pe, 6 dvt, family history | I am cold all the time. Occassionaly, I do get headaces and feel light headed. I easily bruise and at times my coumadin has been too high and required medical attention. | I am a lifer when it comes to coumadin. I cannot survive without it. I understand that it has many side affects, but they have been manageable for me. Besides, it sure beats the alternative! | F | 48 | 32 years 5 mg 1X day | 12/5/2011 | 4 | DVT in Left calf | WEIGHT GAIN and always feeling bloated is the most obvious for me and the most aggravating side effect. Fatigue, irritability and acne are the others I've noticed as well. | The side effects come on slowly. I was noticing my clothes fitting tighter and more pimples on my forehead and then started asking myself what I've been doing differently and taking warafrin (coumadin) is the ONLY change I've made. I cannot wait until I'm off of this drug. It's helpful but at the same time it's effecting my daily life. | F | 32 | 5 months 5mg 1X day | 12/7/2011 | 1 | Pulmonary Embolism | gosh, i am tired of this. i am tired of feeling so sick. my hair is getting very thin, this medicin is making me sick to my stomach, i have pain all over, especially in the morning. i am always cold i just feel misarable. | i just want my old self back, i like going out but due to coumadin i am unable to stand for long i am unable to walk without going out of breath. coumadin may be working on my Pulmonary Embolism but the side effect is killing me slowly. what can i do to reduce the side effects. | F | 30 | 3 months 10 1X day | 12/8/2011 | 2 | post-surgical precaution | Weight loss (no appetite), headaches, insomnia, anxiety, severe depression | Thought some of these effects were due to other drugs (mainly painkillers), but the effects continued and got worse after stopping the other drugs. Some might also be normal surgical recovery, but I've met other coumadin users with the same problems. Just completed my usage, hope I can improve quickly. | M | 50 | 30 days 3mg 1X day | 12/13/2011 |