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 | mitral valve replacement | nausea, tired all the time, nighmares,dry itchy skin, hair loss, weight gain, depression, bruising, joint pain, and headaches | I never seemed to have enough air in my lungs to walk anywhere; and believe me I try. I have good days and bad with depression. Lost interest in most things, INR is all over the place at this time why?? same food. Doctors hears complaints but it keeps me alive. I am grateful to be alive after four years of being mis-dignosed and having a blood clot over the diseased valve. had rheumatic fever as a child. Wish there was something else to take! | F | 55 | 3 years | 3/29/2009 | 1 | DVT, leg | severe nausea, diarrhea, headaches, sleep loss, confusion and forgetfulness, "mushy" brain feeling, slurred speech, depression | By the time I reached 15 mg. dosage, I called my doctor, sobbing on the telephone and begged him to take me off this drug. The higher the dosage, the worse my side effects got. The worst part is that the medical profession does not believe this drug causes all these side effects. I am now off of it and taking aspirin instead. | F | 55 | 5 weeks | 3/20/2009 | 1 | stroke, coratid artery dissection | this medicine has made me severely depressed. I was told to take a higher dose by my family physician(who did not check my INR on a regular basis} and my INR was 7.0 which caused me to have a retinal hemmorhage. i am now blind in my right eye do to this. this has caused even greater depression. I am confused, and cannot concentrate. I was a different man 4 months ago and feel that this medication is making me worse - if that is possible. I hate this drug and my wife is looking into herbal remadies that may do the same thing without side effects. any reccomendations? | would like to hear any feedbak for any herbal remedies thatcould replace this drug if possible | M | 49 | 4 months | 3/11/2009 | 1 | stroke,AFIB,PFO | Global weakness and numbness in extremeties,intracranial pressure like hanging upside down on monkey bars and can't get off.Diziness.ligtheadedness. Disabling.Constipation and EXTREME RAPID weight gain. | DON'T TAKE Coumadin or it'll take you!!!! One of the poisonous reactions I've ever had on a medication and cant believe the doc's or pharmaceutical companies don't acknowledge these potential side effects!?#@! Until I found this website everyone was making me feel crazy...like stress was causing my symptoms...or maybe I was overeating due to stress...I in fact have cut my food intake and the weight keeps adding. Just so bad.. Taking myself off of this "wonderdrug". | F | 43 | 3 months | 3/8/2009 | 1 | PE after back surgery | I experienced extreme joint pain and rapid weight gain | As soon as I started taking coumadin I started experiencing flu like symptoms of every joint in my body ached. After 2 months the joint pain was so severe I needed help getting out of a chair after sitting for 10 minutes. I went to my Dr. 3 times to get them to take me off coumidin and they said it was a bad idea. I finally went to a hemotologist and that Dr. explained that keeping someone on coumadin after one episode of PE was more dangerous that the chances of having a second episode. After 5 months of agony I was finally taken off of coumadin and within 24 hours my joint pain went completely away and after one week I had already lost 10 pounds without trying. I would advise if you are having negative results with coumadin to seek out a specialist and find out the truth about this very dangerous drug. My understanding from the specialist I went to is that even if you have risk factors that could lead to a second episode the damages from coumadin far out way the benefits and you are | M | 45 | 5 months | 2/13/2009 | 1 | Blood Clot in Arm | My blood pressure dropped significantly while taking this medication. The first week I felt good without any side effects. During the second week I began feeling horrible. I was tired and felt like I had the flu. I was vomitting every morning. My blood pressure would hover between 70-90. I also had problems staying warm. Cold chills were very frequent! I told thhe doctors that this medication was what was causing these side effect listed above, but I got the same responce over and over: "Coumadin does not have any side effects." My cardiologist took me off of the medication after 3 weeks because he said I was at a high risk for internal bleeding. Also, while I was taking coumadin they could never get my levels right. I was always way too high, yet they never altered the dosage. I have been off of it for 4 weeks now, and I am still having trouble getting my blood pressure back to normal. | I know this medication can really help people who have blood clots, HOWEVER do your research. Have family members do research as well because doctors are under the impression this medication does not have any side effects, which is completely stupid! The more people you can have around that are informed as what to expect when you are taking this medication, the better off you will be. Do not play around with this drug, or take what your doctor says at face value. Get informed and have all the people around you informed as well. | M | 78 | 3 weeks | 1/21/2009 | 1 | DVT in right leg, Factor V Lieden | Tired, cold all the time, Poor concentration and retention, depressed, very difficult to lose weight | This drug has turned my life upside down. I can't do my job well because I am so tired in the afternoon. I have a hard time listening for long periods of time. And I need to lose weight to decrease my odds of having another DVT, but it's extremely difficult. Large amounts of exercise only maintain the weight and I keep decreasing my portions and meals and nothing makes a dent in the scale. Also, I still do not have a stable INR. I've been taking it since last January. I take 12.5 mg every day, but twice a week I take 15mg. It's very high and I'm pretty nervous. | F | 38 | 12 months | 1/21/2009 | 1 | Multiple PE-both lungs /HRT induced | Weight gain, carpal tunnel in both hands, plantar fasciitis in one foot, joint pain, numb toes, cold all of the time except when having hot flashes, eczema on face. | This medicine is practically making life unbearable. I was diagnosed with bilateral multiple PE following the use of the Nuvaring fro HRT for over a year. In the past 2 days, I have not taken my dosage (7.5 3 days a week, 10 mg 4 days a week) because I can’t stand the way feel. I have been on it for 3 months. The Dr tells me I have 3 months left to go. I am seeing another Dr in 3 days to see if I can regulate clotting through diet and supplements instead of Coumadin. Has anyone else done this??? Please let me know. | F | 51 | 3 months | 1/16/2009 | 1 | Atrial Fibrillation | Brusing, body hair loss, bleeding from my tongue when brusing my teeth even though the warfarin is at normal (INR 2.0)levels. General malaise. | Considering this poison was created by the Nazi regime as a rodenticide it is surprising there are not more side effects. It is rat poison, plain and clear. | M | 66 | 700 days | 1/16/2009 | 1 | irregular heart rate | Extreme problems with short term memory loss, weight gain, bruising, cold all the time, sleeping problems | This medication is rat poison. If the reason you are taking coumadin doesn't kill you coumadin will. | M | 46 | 6 years | 1/13/2009 | 1 | p.e.after shoulder surgery | I am extremely exhausted. I can barely get anything done during the day. I shuffle around instead of walking. I have no desire to do anything, even though it is close to Christmas. I am usually very sociable and outgoing. My mind is alway foggy and have extreme memory loss. Sometimes I cannot even put a sentence together. I am usually ok for a couple of hours in the morning and then I can barely do anything. Exhaustion prevails. I have a horrible time trying to sleep. This cannot be normal. Does anyone have any suggestions? | F | 52 | 3 months | 12/13/2008 | 1 | to prevent clotting in the arteries | Lethargic, sleepy, extreme amount of blood in urine. Urine looked like what amounted to a cup of grape juice, only redder. No sign of usual urine color, just foamy red. | This is a frightening drug. My husband was prescribed this drug after his second heart attack. He is only 46 years old. He has a condition called Ectasia. He was put on Coumadin by the hospital he had his attack in. He followed up with his normal cardiologist. NOBODY set him up to have his INR checked. He was on it for almost 3 weeks unchecked. Today he was peeing bright blood, went in and his INR was 9. Has anyone ever had that number? He is in the hospital overnight right now. | M | 46 | 19 days | 12/11/2008 | 1 | multiple trombosis after operation | depression,weight gaining.I ended up not eating,had no apetite and still I was getting fat.Cronique fatigue,couldn't get off the bed,plus realy bad liver ache,stabings of high intensity under my ribcage,right side. Pores of my skin were clogged and had an eruption on my face and body of spots and sebum. Per total I think I was being poisened just like rats(as this drug was used to kill rats) Anyway something changed my life is a NATURAL REMEDY: GUARANA AND GINSENG. Common Names: Guarana, guarana kletterstrauch, guaranastruik, quarana, quarane, cupana, Brazilian cocoa, uabano, uaranzeiro Main Actions (in order): stimulant, antioxidant, memory enhancer, nervine (balances/calms nerves), cardiotonic (tones, balances, strengthens the heart) Main Uses: as a caffeine stimulant for energy as a weight loss aid (suppresses appetite and increases fat-burning) for headaches and migraines to tone, balance, and strengthen the heart, as a blood cleanser, and to reduce/preven | F | 27 | 3 months | 10/19/2008 | 1 | DVT and PE | Warfarin has turned my world upside down. Weight gain (20lbs in 3 months), major hair loss, very bad acne, and memory loss. Not to mention i can't shave my legs or anything else for that matter with out getting major in grown hairs(sensitive skin now). I NEVER had any of these problems before. I am loosing muscle mass and feel as if I am a 70 year old woman. I don't know what to do but cry. The doctors keep telling me its not the medicine but I feel it is, my body is telling me it is. things are not easy, and it is affecting me; I feel for the rest of my life. | Poison to the body. I believe that the drug company is lying about the side effects of this medication. They are the only option pretty much in the states and are trying to keep it that way. | F | 24 | 5 months | 10/14/2008 | 1 | DVT - 3mm in calf | Sleeplessness, waking in the night, and fatigue from the sleeplessness including some dizziness | I was put on Coumadin as my INR wasnt moving up and I had been injecting myself with Aristra for over 4 weeks. As soon as I started the coumadin I would wake at 5am and feel terrible all day. My doctor has said that I can take sleeping tablets, but 2 more months of this feels like a nightmare. I am healthy young woman with a business to run, and I would rather live with the 3mm clot rather than kill myself with this treatment. I have been told there is an international protocole for this treatment, so however big or small the clot is you get 3 months of a prison sentence. Please email me if you have any similar experiences to share | F | 39 | 1 months | 10/9/2008 | 1 | Heart | Tired all the time | Can't sleep or bend over | M | 76 | 21 days | 10/9/2008 | 1 | Atrial Fibrillation | Wake up in the night, impossible to get back to sleep. Cold hands. Concentration difficult. Drier skin. Feel flat. Seem to want to eat all the time. | Intially I was put on Warfarin because of atrial fibrillation. That episode has now vanished, but an echocardiogram suggested a tiny section of the heart was not working 100%. Rest is perfect for my age. Doctor said I would have to stay on Warfarin for life, or chance a stroke or heart attack. Hate the stuff. Probably will never feel right again. The cynic in me suggests that every person prescribed Warfarin is up for a minimum of 12 INRs a year. Very easy money for the doctors' surgery. But there is no real option but to go with the recommendation. Suggested aspirin, but no. | M | 64 | 4 weeks | 7/28/2008 | 1 | atrial fibrillation | tiredness, depression, anxiety, weakness, malaise, lackluster, easy bruising, bleeding, some hair thinning | This drug seems counter-intuitive to me... giving a person rat poison to try to help them? (You did know coumadin was originally designed as a poison to kill rats, didn't you?) In my case (permanent atrial fibrillation) I've been advised by my doctors to take this most of my adult life. Following my heart attack when I was 28, doctors put me on coumadin for the first time. I had a severe reaction and began bleeding through my kidneys within days. I stopped the drug immediately, and have refused it until three months ago, with the stipulation that the doses be kept minimal. I'm now at 10mg four days a week and 12.5mg three days a week. I hate this drug! I do so much to keep myself healthy (diet, exercise, etc.) and here I am taking rat poison! It just doesn't feel right to me, and I want to stop taking it but I'm freaked out by the possibility of a stroke, heart attack or worse... I would like to see clinical data on the actual effectiveness of this drug on a-fib patients... out of 100 | M | 53 | 3 months | 7/27/2008 | 1 | dvt during pregnancy | Weight gain, lethargy, memory loss | Stopped injecting heparin 6months post partum then went on Coumadin. Had to stop breast feeding due to coumadin which I hated. When I told the doctors in the US about my side effects they laughed and said it was because I had a new baby. This may be true..but the side effects stopped as soon as I took myself off the Coumadin (6 months post partum) and now am taking aspirin. This was OK with my doctors on Europe. This drug is a lifesaver, not doubt about that, but doctors in the US are afraid to let you stop taking it. | F | 37 | 6 months | 7/15/2008 | 1 | DVT/PE | Hair loss, joint pain, headaches, severe exhaustion... | I'd rather hang myself on a flag pole and have children beat me like a piñata. Seem to inhibit my active lifestyle. Can't believe no one has come up with a better solution. If anyone knows of a trial on WE-thrombin, I'd like to take part, will even move if it's a geographical difference. | M | 42 | 45 days | 7/2/2008 |