COUMADIN Reviews (WARFARIN SODIUM)Average Rating: 3.1 (876 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare COUMADIN with similar:
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| 1 | multiple PE's both lungs | hairloss, vivid dreams, bruising, weight gain, sore joints and muscles and legs, shortness of breath, dizzy spells, itchy skin and scalp, memory loss, fatigue, bleeding | I was told that my PE's were caused by prostate cancer treatment for 12 years which tends to thicken blood. That and a sedentary job forms clots. May be true, but I get up and walk every hour now. Totally disgusted with this poison. Screw it! I'm taking myself off this crap this weekend and starting an herbal, Phenocane, a COX2 inhibitor without any known side-effects. I wish I new how long it will take to get coumadin out of my system. | M | 69 | 5 months | 6/21/2008 | 1 | dvt | Hair loss, weight loss severe fatigue after taking for 3 months.Also depression,shortness of breath Unquenchable thirst at times. | I am also concerned about this being a rat poison and most of my side effects macth those of a person that has ingested rat poison | F | 44 | 3 months | 6/20/2008 | 1 | Unidentified cause PE | Muscle pain, especially chest and arms, weight gain, depression, lethargy - inability to exercise/aerobics | I have been taking coumadin about 5 months, and have never had a stable INR. My concern with the drug is my muscle cramps, and feeling completely "spent" after an active regimen of aerobics for 12 months.... everyone (doctors and "friends") have said coumadin is benign! i NEVER felt this... this website and others experiences once again suggests a diff between law and mfr claims. Where is the FDA? | M | 43 | 5 months | 6/8/2008 | 1 | Ext. DVT ankle-upr.illiack vien | Loss of sex drive/libido, loss of appetite, memory loss, severe fatigue/tiredness, severe irritability, periods of anxiety and depression, headaches, extreme acid reflux, mood swings, wieght fluctuation, cold feet, sensitive to temperature ie hot then cold etc, sweating at night, wierd dreams, cant get a good nights sleep, assortment of aches and pains that come and go. | I was diagnosed with extreme dvt in my left leg going from my ankle to my upper illiacc vien (near belly button) in 2006. Right after I was put on coumadin. Ever since I have not been myself and thought I was crazy or it was all in my head. I went to my doctor many times to get the same response (stress/depression/all in your head). Funny I never had these symptoms before taking coumadin. I just stumbled acrfoss this site today and it has changed my life. A huge wieght has been lifted off me - IM NOT CRAZY IT WASNT ME AND ITS NOT ALL IN MY HEAD. I would love to talk to anyone that is also going through this. Im going to my doctor to get off this poison. I would rather stop this drug and chance dying because this isnt living I feel halfway dead. Seeing this site has changed my life | M | 26 | 2 years | 4/30/2008 | 1 | dvt | developed blood clot above knee after breaking fibula below knee,very tired,bad stomach pain,hair loss,2 times had massive unbearable pain in right shoulder couldn't move arm for 2 days nothing helped, anxiety, bad mood swings, night sweats, have period every 2 weeks for 8 days and very heavy | after being on it for 10 months I am on 20 mg and 15 mg every day inr's never consistent but I don't experience the bleeding at all if i cut my leg shaving the blood dries up in about a minute and the blood is sticky I also don't have any bruises at all.On lovenox and coumadin had massive cut on my knee requiring 3 stitches inside and 6 outside bleeding stopped pretty quickly. But I am so tired all the time and it's a different kind of tired like i'm dying tired. I have good days and bad days, mainly bad.Everyone tells me i'm too young to be this tired but glad I see others going through the same thing. I work on my feet about 12 hours a day and have 2 teenage kids so it's hard to rest but now it's different.My stomach hurts so bad not nauseated but intense pain but no blood in stool (plus I hate to throw up and have not had that happen yet) did cough up blood about 2 months after being on coumadin went to emergency room and doctor thought i was crazy for coming in. It was bright red b | F | 40 | 10 months | 4/28/2008 | 1 | Lone Atrial Fibrillation | Fatigue, Swelling, Nosebleeds, Rapid Heart Rate, Higher Blood Pressure, Feeling of falling, light-headiness, nausea | my husband was on this medication for about 3 months, when the Dr. said there was nothing else he could take, he decided to stop taking the medication as he felt the loss of quality of life was not worth the benefit of this medication. We eventually saw a doctor who suggested an alternative Called Sintrom, which has all the benefits of Warfarin but is better tolerated by people who just can't take Warfarin. He has only been taking it for a short time, but so far it seems to be doing the job without the side effects. I pray that it continues to work. The doctor who told us about this drug said a lot of doctors don't know about it, but it has been around for a while. I would suggest you talk to your doctor and see if this is available in your area. We live in Canada, so don't know if it is available in the US or not. Good Luck. | M | 65 | 3 months | 1/17/2008 | 1 | DVT/Lungs filled with clots | Massive hair loss. Depression. Mental fatigue. I also have fibro myalgia. I have taken coumadin for forty years! I have had many surgeries and I think the coumadin is responsible. | Last month I had to be off the 10mg. that I take every day for yet another procedure. I felt better after two days. I haven't felt that good in 15 years. I could go and play with my grandson. It was wondrful! I told my doctor who said coumadin had no side effects. I felt better every day for those five days you can't make me believe it was a five day miracle! I am going to try again tomorrow to talk with my doctor and hope that he can change my meds. | F | 59 | 40 years | 1/16/2008 | 1 | mechanical aorta valve replacement | dizzeness, hairloss, legs feel so heavy they burn, scalp itches, memory loss, pain in shoulders, easy brusing, no sleep, numbness in fingertips, tired, | i opted for a mechanical valve on advice of my doctor----had i researched this drug i would have went for a pig valve or even a cadavere one--------wish i could get off this pill-i also have to take a high blood pressure pill, which also have bad side effects-have to take for the rest of my life-----hopefully one day they will find a better drug- | F | 63 | 11 years | 1/14/2008 | 1 | DVT; heterozygous Factor V Leiden | Fatigue, headaches, lethargy, depression, irritability. | I seem to have headaches constantly. This is frustrating, because any medication you take (NSAID's or Tylenol) impact the PT and INR, and can skew your level. I love to eat salads and vegetables, and now these are taboo. My hematologist states that I have to take this medicine for life. I am giving it 12 months. By then the clot will be gone, and I will go back to being myself. I truly dislike the person that I have become with this blood clot and coumadin therapy. For 53 years I never had any problems, although I am heterozygous for Factor V Leiden. Now, taking HRT post-menopausally, I developed this clot in less than 8 months. What I plan to do is never do HRT again, get off of the coumadin, be myself again, and wish for another 53 years of clot-free life. Being heterozygous caused me to have my daughter testesd. She also is heterozygous. This is good information for her. She never should take an estrogen-based birth control pill. If you have Factor V Leiden, heterozygo | F | 53 | 4.5 months | 1/4/2008 | 1 | Atrial Fibrilation | My 84 year old husband was taking Coumadin for three years. He expeienced a very minor fall in our driveway which resulted in a hematoma on his spinal cord. We were told by his doctors that this is being seen more and more and only in Coumadin users. He experienced severe pain, paralysis, incontenance and anxiety for six weeks before his death from "spinal cord hemorrhage". It was worse than the stroke he had hoped to avoid. We were never advised about this risk! | This "worst-case" scenario regarding the use of Coumadin should be made better known by the pharmaceutical industry. Think twice before taking it. | M | 84 | 3 years | 12/17/2007 | 1 | Supposed DVT | On Coumadin x 6 mos,felt bad entire time. Cannot get PT/INR at appropriate level no matter what dose. Tired, feeling out of sorts, can't sleep, you name it. | Since being on Coumadin, never got PT/INR right, going to office once a week, finally had enough now go only every 3 weeks. Have been as high as 7-9 mg day to as low as 2.5 mg day depending on what nurse I see. Never have salads/greens any more. Not too much bleeding unless on high dosage. Feel worn out on high dose. I am definitely feeling like stopping real soon. | M | 65 | 6 months | 11/25/2007 | 1 | I quit due to hairloss | I quit taking this drug and my Dr switched me to Lovenox because I lost over 50% of my hair. Rat poisen! | F | 40 | 3 years | 11/4/2007 | 1 | Husband on for total knee replaceme | Much nausea, GI upset, pain in abdomen, fatigue, indigestion, weakness, | Husbands reaction to this med caused him to fall behind in his rehab. We had seen three specialists, MRI's, Cat Scans, trying to find reason for his symptoms. We asked his doctor to change to another anticouagulant...but he refused. After taking it for three weeks we changed it ourselves. He went to good ol' aspirin 325mg. | M | 65 | 21 days | 9/25/2007 | 1 | DVT right ovarian artery | Extremely dizzy, weak, tired, aachy, sad, non stop period, levels never good even with good diet. | This drug is poison and I hate it. | F | 32 | 2 days | 8/17/2007 | 1 | Blood clots | My left shoulder often hurts, the same spot I originally had the clot. My feet swell back and fourth..never both at the same time.My leg starts to hurt often leading down to certain areas of my foot. this is every day. I wake up with a Different body part aching. Impossible to lose weight being that that I started the medication the day I delevered my youngest daughter. head aches. I hate the fact that i have to get my blood level checked twice a week..and it is never consistant even though I take the medicine as directed.... | I don't recomend it, it follows with tons of blood work, and plenty of reoccuring dr. visits. | F | 22 | 7 weeks | 8/1/2007 | 1 | Blood Clot in leg | My mother was placed on coumadin for 6 months after finding blood clot in leg. She completed 5 1/2 months of the treatment before her doctor took her off the medication. She has been off the coumadin for 1 1/2 months now, but is still experiencing the same really bad side effects that she had while taking it, only now they are worse. She has burning and pain in her arms and legs (arms are the worst). She says it feels as if someone is holding a hot iron to your skin. Her skin has changed so drastically over the last few months that even a touch leaves a major bruise that lasts for weeks. Her skin feels like paper and brushing against ANYTHING will tear it and it will bleed for days and will not heal. Arms and legs also itch, but the burning and the pain are the worst. The pain and burning are becoming unbearable. Has anyone else that has gone off coumadin experienced these side effects after coming off coumadin? Also, any recommendations on how to treat the burning and pain? | F | 78 | 5 months | 7/21/2007 | 1 | Did not take | Sorry to see so many people suffering from this dangerous drug. Here are some alternatives but work with your doctor. Papaya's enzymes can help dissolve clots but will affect the Coumadin dosage- you will need less (good). Garlic is very good against bacteria and good for cardiovascular system but again makes Coumadin more effective. | Raw garlic 1-5 cloves a day or garlic oil etc. Ginko Biloba also helps thin blood but is safe- less drugs. Nat vit E also good- mixed tocopherols best or lots of nuts. Ginger thins blood also and has many other good properties, anti-dizziness, anti bacterial, raw form digests protein and probably clots. Nattokinase is a good clot dissolver. And Vit D3 - from sun or pills is very important in general- or cod liver oil- also thins blood. See vitamindcouncil.org. Check out James Duke PhD for herbs. Work with your doctor for the right Coumadin dose and get off it asap. | M | 52 | 0 days | 6/29/2007 | 1 | doctor's recommendation | weight gain, muscle weakness, leg and foot pain, shortness of breath, loss of bowel control, upset stomach. | M | 80 | 7 months | 6/5/2007 | 1 | Atrial Fib & blocked heart arteries | Head rushes when getting up from sitting position or driving, mild headaches, back pain from below the left kidney area radiating up to the shoulder blades and down left leg, unable to sleep, wake up repeatedly when sleep finally comes, anxious and angry all the time. | Again the doctor(s) all say that Coumadin (Warfarin) is not to blame. Just like Lipitor doesn't cause memory loss or leg pain. But, since I have been off Lipitor those symptoms have gone away. I hope that I will not have to be on this "Rat Poison" much longer. | M | 66 | 2 years | 3/23/2007 | 1 | stroke | After taking warfarin about 3 months, we went on a trip to see our son and family in colorado. We got permission from my doctor, he had me on a 9mg tablet. I became ill and thought we best come home..unknown to me I was bleeding internally. We went straigt to emergency room, was in ICU 7 days with blood and plasma transfusions. the trunk of my body was totally black and blue. I had a large hematoma in my abdomen and they never could tell where I was bleeding from. One clot went to a kidney and killed half of it. All of that was 4 1/2 yrs ago. I feel the warfarin is taking its toll...weight gain..tiredness, Itchy scalp with sores, tingling feet and hands. I feel that I haven't much of a life left because of it. I have a hard time breathing at times..bloated & stomach upset constantly. I have always been a small person...around 115 lbs but have shot up to 160..is horrible. I try to walk and exercise and keep very busy but is very difficult. I am on 5 mgs a day...INR is a | F | 70 | 4 years | 12/10/2006 |