COUMADIN Reviews (WARFARIN SODIUM)

Average Rating: 3.1 (876 Ratings)

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COUMADIN  (WARFARIN SODIUM):  This medication is used to treat blood clots (such as in deep vein thrombosis-DVT or pulmonary embolus-PE) and/or to prevent new clots from forming in your body. Preventing harmful blood clots helps to reduce the risk of a stroke or heart attack. Conditions that increase your risk of developing blood clots include a certain type of irregular heart rhythm (atrial fibrillation), heart valve replacement, recent heart attack, and certain surgeries (such as hip/knee replacement). Warfarin is commonly called a "blood thinner," but the more correct term is "anticoagulant." It helps to keep blood flowing smoothly in your body by decreasing the amount of certain substances (clotting proteins) in your blood.    (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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RATING  REASONSIDE EFFECTS FOR COUMADINCOMMENTSSEXAGEDURATION/
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 2  Blood clot in left leg Bloating, joint pain, weight gain. It does not allow me to take my regular medication for arthritis. M 52 3 months
5mg 1X day
8/21/2012
 2  DVT LEFT INNER THIGH/ LARGE Fatigue is extreme. In the beginning, until just recently (1-2 wks ago) I felt nausea. My endurance is poor and my Drs. have still not been able to achieve a theraputic dose w/out sending my INR to 5.0. Skin heals extremely slowly. I dont like this drug BUT my clot has reduced by abt 45%. F 52 6 months
From 5-15
8/8/2012
 2  DVT & PE Freezing all the time, weight gain, heavy periods, fatigue Was in the hospital for 2 weeks on heparin, 10 mg coumadin and receiving shots in my belly twice a day. In those 2 weeks, I put 9 lbs on. I've taken one lb off since my release. There has been no change in diet or exercise to explain this. The fatigue has gotten better, but I am still not my old self. My DVT & PE are unexplained and looks like there is no end in sight for this med as my INR goes up & down so often. I can be at 2.0 on a Monday, 3.9 Friday and 1.2 a few days later on Monday again. I'm so over it all!! F 35 6 months
10 1X day
7/19/2012
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 2  left leg DVT with massive bi-lat PE Horrible! 152 at Christmas in Dec 2011 DVT & PE Feb 2012 ---left hospital at 170 after 9 days on Warfarin (Coumadin) after 8 days requesting salads, fish, fruit. Upon being home, ALL I want to eat are salads, steamed vegetables, salmon, peaches. Went from 5 cups coder day to ZERO! Now, drinking ice water. Now it is June 2012---187 lbs!!! Diarrhea; forehead/hairline hair loss; weight gain all in my stomach area; loss appetite; increased depression; fatigue; lethargy; etc! Have suffered with Major Depression since 20---am now 48 years old, 2 teenaged daughters, a fantastic & supportive husband and cannot believe what this DRUG has done to me---as much as I certainly appreciate that it has kept me alive, I wish the Warfarin/Ciunadin Drug Companies would come CLEAN with the REAL side effects---especially for women in 40's and early/mid 50's! The physicians say "no correlation with this sudden mid-section weight gain! You MUST JUST be eating a lot!" I have 1/10th appetite I USED to jave befor the DVT/PE & when I DO eat, it's veggies, salads (no dressing), fish, water, peaches in natural juices! I am NOT EARING BUSHELS of vegetables/fruit, either! I have no appetite! I'm just praying that I can come off of this HORRIBLE drug---one year as I tested positive for Leiden ago toe V (a generic blood disorder that can thicken your blood & make you prone to leg clots). I'm discourages, depressed, uncomfortable, developing rashes due to weight gain, F 48 6 months
8mg
7/3/2012
 2  heart failure skin on arms and hand very black. skin very thin. difficulty in keeping inr.s level good. M 82 4 years
2.5 to 5mg 1X day
6/19/2012
 2  DVT from groin to ankle I have been feeling lightheaded eye twitchy major body aches tingling in my feet legs and face at times my anxitey gets worse the longer I'm on this my INR has never been stable and I'm exhausted most all the time. M 35 2 months
5mg mostly
4/18/2012
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 2  Pulminary Embolism:2 clots in lungs Weight gain(especially around the stomach),lower back pain every day,feet hurt,hips hurt when sleeping on my sides,fatigue,loss of sleep,anxiety,too tired to exercise I have talked to my doctors about these side effects & they all say it has nothing to do w/ the Warfarin.If so many people have the same symptoms then how can they say it isn't a side effect.Was taken off of Warfarin even after I told the doctor that I still have shortness of breath. F 40 4 months
5-7.5mg. 1X day
4/1/2012
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 2  afib skeletal pain M 76 5 years
5 1X day
2/28/2012
 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
 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
 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
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 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
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 2  Mechanical valve I have gained 25 pounds in 18 months, low energy, headaches, bruising, and my gum's sometime bleed when brushing my teeth. Also, decline in vision but I attributed that to being over 40 but now I'm not so sure. Knowing all medicines have side affects I guess it's better than the alternative (death). If it wasn't for my doctors and there diligent treatment of my Aortic Stenous I wouldn't be alive today so I'm thankful for any treatment they see beneficial. F 44 18 months
5 mg 1X day
7/17/2011
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 2  Recurring DVT in left leg fogginess, no motivation, severe headaches, achiness and fatigue F 27 1.5 years
20 1X day
4/25/2011
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 2  DVT- Left Leg. From heal to groin. itchiness, I am frustrated because this drugs interacts with so many other medications and because of this my INR Level has been at 1.48 for 6 months. No Vitamin K in diet at all. I have changed other medications in order to see if these levels would increase. But they have not. F 39 6 months
16MG 1X day
4/18/2011
 2  root valve replacement weight gain, thinning hair, tired all the time, brain fog F 44 1 years
5 mg 1X day
4/17/2011
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 2  dvt nausea, dizzy, constant joint pain - just felt terrible-no appetite-tired and lost interest in all activities. Told doctor that this poison is horrible--he switched me to PRADAXA---no more inr lab tests---feel better- M 70 30 days
10mg 1X day
3/25/2011
 2  27 pe in my lungs I'm tired. I hurt. I have migraines. I've gained weight. Thinned my hair. I'm not me. I'm tired of saying no salad please, and family worrying I'm gonna have a clot so big it blocks my heart and kills me! I have factor V. I worry about my kids. I'm so Moody people stay away. I work at a prison and even the inmates are worried I'm gonna rip their heads off! I cry. I didnt ever used to cry, for crying out loud I control 108 grow men at a time who have raped, killed and many other stupid things! And on balling my eyes out. I'm tired of This I need something else. Something that is going to make me go back to normal. Please help! F 28 1 years
7.5 1X day
3/9/2011
 2  DVT R calf and thigh Fatigue, hair loss (lots), brain fog. I've also had my INR measured every week or two for four months as the levels keep roller-coasting. I've all but given up green vegetables and there are so many vitamin supplements that must be avoided. I get the necessity, but this is a huge pain in the %$#@! I truly hope my doc wasn't kidding when he said I could stop after 6 months. F 51 4 months
8 mg 1X day
3/7/2011
 2  DVT left leg I have been very forgetful and uninterested in things I am so used to doing. For example, I am a full time College Student. I am a senior and can't concentrate at all. I have a feeling of detachment and can't really get a grip. I noticed that I would take my medicine everyday, but I would write something completely different. I opted to take two online courses and can't sit at the computer to even read. I want the old me back:( F 41 2 months
10 MG 1X day
2/16/2011

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