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 |
| 3 | Aortic valve replacement | NO hair loss, at least none that I've noticed. Migraine headaches, mostly white spots that impede my vision, usually lasting 5-10 minutes. I get cold a lot faster now than I did. My heart races at night also. Glad to hear others are feeling that too...I thought I was having panic attacks. Haven't noticed more brusing or heavier periods.....I'm on 6mgs daily and have been pretty stable. I hate having to take it though. Pain in the butt! | I wish they'd come up with something that didn't interact with aspirin. I have mild arthritis from playing sports and Alieve was the only drug that relieved my pain, now I can't take it, although I do sometimes when the pain gets really bad. I'll take my chances. | F | 39 | 6 months | 1/24/2008 | 3 | DVT - upper right arm | Fatigue, depression, irritability, weight gain, water retention, zero libido, mild flatulence! | I was diagnosed at the end of 07. The specialist said it was “idiopathic.” I think it’s probably because I used to smoke (not any more!) plus I was on zoladex (gosrelin) March-Sept 2006 to combat endometriosis: zoladex basically puts you in a state of artificial menopause so that you stop menstruating. When you come off it you start producing oestrogen etc again – I can’t help thinking the rising oestrogen levels kick-started something? I’m extremely resistant to the blood thinning properties of Coumadin! I started on 5mg daily plus had to self-inject Clexane twice a day. My INR was 1.1, then 1.2 then it stuck at 1.3 for over two weeks whilst they played around with my dosage. At 10mg it inched up to 1.5, so my GP put me on 14mg daily and I finally made it over 2. At which point I stopped the Clexane. Today I scored a 3 so I’m down to 12mg. I’m so glad I found this website as it would appear lots of you have been experiencing side effec | F | 46 | 4 weeks | 1/18/2008 | 3 | Bi Lateral PE | Tiredness, lethargy, loss of appetite in AM, loss of interest in intimacy i.e. sex drive, mood swings, irritable, can become exhausted with out warning in the middle of the day, depression. | Will probably be on it for at least a year. | M | 43 | 4.5 months | 1/12/2008 | 3 | dvt in leg | depression and anxiety, exhaustion, lethary and increased menstral flow. I was perimenapausal having a period only every three months or so, and since taking Coumadin my periods have come every month. I have had dry skin, but seem to have that every winter anyway, so I'm not convinced it's drug related. | I also told my doctor about my symptoms and was told they were not side effects of this drug. Luckily she is great about listening to me and put me on antidepressants right away. I will send her to this site to see that others have experienced the same symptoms. | F | 47 | 4 days | 1/9/2008 | 3 | PE Right Lung | Excessive shedding of hair, chills, night sweats, dry skin, fatigue, heavy menstrual cycles | Starting taking after the birth of my son. Physician wasn't very informative and automatically told me I would need to take it for 6 months or more. I only had one blood test and he didn't advise me of any side effects or does or don'ts such as limit greens and no cranberry products. Thank God for prescription inserts that give some drug interaction information. I stopped taking warfarin approximately 1 1/2 weeks ago. I am currently looking for a new phsyician but in the meantime, praying over myself. I don't know if the medication was helping or not but I do know that it was causing some ill effects and it seems like I am not the only one. Keep the comments coming. | F | 34 | 2.5 months | 1/3/2008 | 3 | dvt/pe/factor v leiden | HAIRLOSS, weight gain, flatulence, dry skin...numerous issues, not sure if they're related. | F | 52 | 6 years | 1/2/2008 | 3 | DVT FEMORAL ARTERY | I HAD SECOND TIME KEYHOLE SURGERY ON MY RT. KNEE DEVELOPED CELLULITIS SIX DAYS POST SURGERY STAYED IN HOSPITAL FOR THREE DAYS PUT ON ANTIBIOTICS LEG CONTINUED TO SWELL WAS TOLD BY DOCTOR SUSPECTED BONE INFECTION ADMITED BACK INTO HOSPITAL CLOT STARTED IN THE CALF OF MY RT.LEG AND MOVED UP TO FEMORAL ARTERY WAS PUT ON HEPARIN INJECTIONS FIRST THEN PUT ON WARFARIN FOR SIX MONTHS HAVE BEEN TAKING FOR FOUR MONTHS DUE TO FINISH IN FEB.2008 HAVE HAD DULL HEADACHES,WEIGHT GAIN,SEVERE MOOD SWINGS NO ENERGY AND LACK OF SEX DRIVE SINCE I HAVE BEEN ON THE MEDICINE REALLY FELL HOPELESS MOST OF THE TIME NO DESIRE TO SOCIALIZE WHICH I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A VERY OUTGOING PERSON AND VERY BUBBLY I AM GRATEFUL TO STILL BE ALIVE BUT, FEAR THE AFTER EFFECTS OF THIS MEDICINE. | F | 48 | 6 months | 12/30/2007 | 3 | DVT | Thirsty, irritable, headaches, easily bruised, always cold | I have found that drinking lots more water helped my headaches. Also my mood swings were out of control. My doctor recommended taking St. John's Wort (available at grocery stores in the vitamin section). It has helped my mood tremendously, however, I have had to slightly increase my dose of Coumadin - presumably as a result, but I think it has been worth it! | F | 37 | 8 months | 12/28/2007 | 3 | Pulmonary Embolism | Weight Gain- 17 lbs in < 2 mo, cold all the time but sweating. horrible armpit BO with deoderant, tired all day, depressed, forgetful, foggy mind, heart palpitations, anxiety, shortness of breath, hair is constantly falling out. | Dr.s not sure why I had the PE. 7 weeks before it happen I have abdominoplasty or perhaps from dose of the plan B pill, which is high dose of BC pills 5 weeks before it happen. Dr. wants me to take coumadin for 9 months to be sure. | F | 32 | 2 months | 12/17/2007 | 3 | DVT..Factor V Leiden. | Hairloss....Dizziness..Sleepiness...Loss of energy..Burning in my legs and arms..Stomach pains..Depression.. | I am giving my rating a 3 because it is stopping the blood clots..but causing other problems...Is it worth it? I Started taking Coumadin for a DVT I got in 2001...I received the filter...I was to take coumadin only for 6 months..Then they ran the genetic tests for FVL and I have it so I have to take it for life. I have been told that there are no side effects of this drug..but I did not feel this way before...I now am told that I have tumors in my spleen and paraaortic lymph nodes...Possiable Lymphoma. I feel it is from this drug...I want to know I am not losing my mind. I used to be so out going and intersted in life. Now it is all I can do but to get out of bed. The pain in my right leg, spleen, and right ovary area, is more than I can take. If anyone out there is having a simular problem please email me. | F | 30 | 6 years | 11/20/2007 | 3 | dvt right leg, PE right lung | Depression, spaced out, like I have ADD. I feel useless and overwhelmed by most everything. bruise easy, itchy skin and rash. Cottonmouth. Fatigued.Memory loss. Why is none of this listed on the Coumadin site? | It saved my life along with the Lovenox! I hope I can get off soon. Why is none of this listed anywhere else? I am sooooo glad I found this site! | M | 48 | 2 weeks | 11/8/2007 | 3 | Two artificial heart valves | I have been on coumadin for roughly 16 years and the more time that goes by the more I hate being on a blood thinner. Not that I have a choice, but my hair is INCREDIBLY thin. I eat a very healthy diet and even take supplements and basically my doctor said I would just have to live with it because Coumadin can have that effect. | While growing up I was under the impression that I could still safely have children, just as long it is planned and I get onto heparin for the first trimester. Now I've been told that it's extremely risky having a child when you've been on coumadin for awhile. My doctor actually told me I should look into adoption because monitoring my pregnancy would give him grey hair and be extremely high risk. | F | 28 | 16 years | 10/13/2007 | 3 | pe after hysterectomy, now TIA too | throbbing constant headaches, unquenchable thirst, tired or worn out all the time, achy everywhere, tingly arns & legs, anxiety/roller coaster eeling in my stomach & chest, afternoon nausea, burning in stomach...I could go on and on...I feel like a basketcasebecause I feel plain old yucky all the time; and a hypochondriac as well, because the docs say these aren't warfarin/coumadin side effects...but I'll tell ya, I didn't have this stuff before!! | I have only been on this for two months, supposedly for a 6-8 month stint. I had a hysto due to suspected uterine cancer and got the estriadol patch (HRT) the day after surgery. 2 weeks later I had multiple PEs and ended up in the ER. Now, just had a TIA (mini stroke), and doc says it's not all related...how could it not be! My INR never levels out, and they keep switching my doses around. I had Lovenox shots 3x/day for 10 days in the beginning too. I'm just tired of feeling like I'm a whiner or a hypochondriac!! I want my life back to the way it used to be. I have 4 little boys,and they need me to be constantly on the run with them, not saying "sorry, but mommy really is pooped or doesn't feel very well guys". I know that the warfarin is why I am alive, and I respect and appreciate that, but it seems to me that if ther's so many of us with these same issues, that we could work to find/develop something else that would help MORE than it hurts. I welcome any e-mail f | F | 34 | 2 months | 9/13/2007 | 3 | Pe | Extremely tired all the time, legs hurt and feels like there is something crawling on them. Very dry skin allover.weight gain about 10-12 lbs in last two weeks.Memory problems | I had a surgery while on birth control in 6/07 suffered a blood clot in my right lung. The doctor says I have to take coumadin for 6 months. I just recieved a VQ scan of my right lung and there was nothing left of the blood clot. I hate this stuff because of how I feel but I am grateful that it saved my life. | F | 37 | 2 months | 9/10/2007 | 3 | DVT Right Leg/PE right lung | Slight nausea, anxiety, body aches at night and early am, leg aches on both sides at groin now, initial loss of appetite but it came back, minor headaches usually at night also, a little bloating, stomach upset. | I can't wait for it to be over. Pray a new medication is found for all of us that is better than poison. | F | 43 | 11 days | 9/9/2007 | 3 | 2 DVTs | Super dry skin, my skin is normally very oily, dry scalp... looks like a horrible case of dandruff, hair loss, and very very heavy periods that last 10-12 days. I was told that coumadin would not affect my period. They lied. | F | 46 | 4 months | 8/11/2007 | 3 | DVT - 2 in right leg | At first with Lovenox and coumadin had a lot of anxiety/chest flutters - but could have been from overall stress of situation. Some faintness/dizziness and some nausea. Bleeding hasn't been too bad. | Got two DVTs in leg after minor knee surgery - attributed to surgery and birth control. I'm on a fairly low dosage - right now on 4mg and INR is high enough (2-3). But can almost sense the symptoms more, the higher the dosage goes. But, glad to have found the clots early and the drugs are doing the job, pain in leg has subsided significantly in the last month. | F | 32 | 6 weeks | 7/31/2007 | 3 | Protein K Deficiency | Depression, back pain, leg cramps, exhaustion. I can't say that any of these things are directly caused because I take warifin. I had most of these symptoms beside back pain before going on the medication. After reading the post below I've also know realized that I’m experience above normal hair loss. | I had a blood clot in January of 2007 and diagnosed with protein k deficiency in May of 07. I currently go in every week for blood work and have been jumping all over the charts. Doc says that some patients never get regulated and have to have blood drawn every week for the rest of their lives. I’m praying that’s not me. I am glade to see that some of you only have to take this drug for a limited time instead of the rest of your life. I would like to hear from anyone who is currently taking coumadin/warifin who is trying to get pregnant or has been pregnant on this medication. | F | 27 | 2 months | 7/25/2007 | 3 | dvt left calf | weight gain about 8lbs since Dec.2006 sometimes trance like state and forgetfulness. Has anyone had an experience with sunburn whilst taking coumadin. I have just come back from holiday where I sat in the sun for about 1hr just reading and finished up with severe burns, had to go local medical centre for treatment. I also suffer from ME and the fatigue from that plus muscle pain while taking coumadin is indeed hard to cope with at times | although not too keen about taken coumadin i am sensible enough to know that something is better than nothing | F | 68 | 8 months | 7/22/2007 | 3 | Factor V Leiden, DVT Left Leg | Didn't notice at first, but was hemoraging internally on left leg. Definitely depressed, but could be because I was used to never getting sick and then WAM! life long blood disorder. | While taking this drug or it's generic counter part 'Warfarin' I've noticed no side effects aside of being hot/cold very easily. When stopping the drug is when the side-effects occured. Major irratibility, total loss of sex drive (have only been married 2.5 yrs and have always been heavily active), Major headaches to the point of hardly being able to stand, think or talk. I have 3 kids, not a good thing to have around them. I started taking Coumadin again 3 days ago, headaches already gone, sinuses gone down, a little less irritable, slight sex drive but irritability dragging it back down, still depressed, going to counseling to hopefully remedy that. Done all my homework, I'm just glad I found this site. | M | 27 | 7 months | 7/22/2007 |