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 | dvt lower right leg/due to chemo | headaches, have been her largest complaint. She has been on average dose of 7.5mg to 5 mg per day. Since Jan. 05 | Just got a pt/inr home analyzer. Just looking for some other self test folks to relate to. They are telling my wife she could be on this for at least 3 more years. There is no way my wife is going to go to some clinic bi-weekly for her pt/inr for the next 3 years. I do know my wife pretty well after all she has gone thru from her battle with cancer. So we got a in home test analyzer and the Dr. is willing to let us call in the results and then he will prescibe the amount of Coumadin for the week. | F | 42 | 5 months | 5/30/2005 | 3 | DVT/PE | Feeling cold but that got better with time, to a point. Thirst or sore throat with higher doses, 15 mg/day. Some weight gain and swelling in the face/eyes. Difficulity sleeping at higher doses. Makes you feel fuzzy or in need of coffee to stay sharp and alert but coffee doesn't help the fuzzy feeling. | No problems with bruising so far. No hair loss that I can tell. VERY difficult to regulate, I bounce from .8 to 2.6 to 1.2 to 3.6, it's never right. Can't take any pain medicines that actually work and tylenol is a poor pain reliever at best and really toxic to boot. I can't really think of anything good to say about Coumadin at this point in time. | M | 36 | 5 months | 6/1/2005 | 3 | clots in lungs | Coldness, dry mouth, lots of bruising, maybe sexual problems, maybe problems sleeping. | I take it because I'm scared of having more blood clots. | M | 43 | 5 months | 8/10/2006 | 3 | DVT right calf | Hair loss, fatigue, shortness of breath, weight gain (20 lbs.), loss of sexual drive, feeling cold. | This condition happened three days after I had knee surgery. Is regular blood tests necessary to adjust for medication? I've had PT's for the first month only. Doctor doesn't think it is necessary at this point ( into my 5th month). I continue to have swelling in my calf and ankle areas, especially at my sock line. Doctor also thinks that I will be able to get off it next month. Is it typical to have an ultra-sound to determine if the clot has dissipated? Please respond with your opinions. | M | 46 | 5 months | 5/31/2006 | 2 | DVT | extreme fatigue, light-headedness, bruising | I have to wait one more month (6 months on Coumadin) to get a scan to see if my DVT has shrunk. I am sceptical as I still have pain in the area of the clot. | F | 66 | 5 months 2.5 - 5 mg 1X day | 12/17/2012 | 2 | DVT & PE in both lungs | Cold most of the time and when I'm not cold, I'm sweating and flushed feeling. I've had episodes of feeling faint and weak. My eyes are blood shot as soon as my INR reaches 2.9 or above. My hair is falling out and I'm developing a bald patch. My weight fluctuates, but I'm not sure if that's due to the inablility to exercise. My skin bruises and heaven forbid I knick myself while shaving. I am constantly tired and I can't get to sleep at night. | While I'm grateful that there is a drug out there to help us, I feel the same way as everyone else...Why isn't there something better? I may have to be on this the rest of my life due to the damage my leg endured and the recently diagnosed clotting disorders, and that scares the hell out of me. | F | 24 | 5 months | 1/16/2008 | 2 | venous sinus Thrombosis | All ways tired, Unable to keep my body temperature stable either I am freezing or having night sweats. Constant bruising even on my toes top of my feet fingers and hands. Bleeding for no apparent reasons from small cuts. Some times I don't even know I am bleeding until I find dried up blood some where. Mood swings weight gain, looking puffy. Heavy periods with large clotting. Joint pain as if I have the flu. GI problems. Tingles in my hands and feet. | One week the blood test is at the right lvl next time it will come up as I am not even on it. It has not broken down the blood clot in the vein in my brain. I have been on it for 5 months now | F | 37 | 5 months | 1/15/2008 | 2 | P.E | Excessive hair loss,Depression,Dry Skin,Major Headachs, Confusion,Dizzy,Memory Loss, Problems with my speach at times, Tired alot | i broke my r ankel and it set up blood clots and went to my lungs and iv ben on coumadin now 5mo and been in the hospital 3times they cant get my level right they keep up and dowing my meds when I go into the hospital im there at least 7-8 days im up to taking 13mg now and my level still isnt right im tired of this id like the Doc. to give me answers of why my level want get right but cant get any. | F | 32 | 5 months | 11/14/2008 | 2 | DVT in right calf | Aches, flu like symptoms, loosing sense of smell and taste. | After about four months on 15mg warfarin a day, I am loosing my sense of taste and smell. No other factors have changed. The anticoagulation clinic I work with does not recognize almost all of the symptoms reported on this website or ones I have reported to them. They also seem very unwilling to consider something other than what they believe to be true. | M | 55 | 5 months | 4/20/2009 | 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 | 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 | 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 | massive pulmonary embolism | can't sleep on my side, shoulder joints hurt, diarreah, memory loss. | So now I live in a recliner because I cannot sleep on my side more than a few minutes, not much sex in my recliner either! My knees, shoulders and hips hurt so bad I cannot walk around the block to help get healthy again. So cranky the dog avoids me. I could shoot crap thru a screen door. Started eating pain pills like a fiend, that has to be good for me. One more month, then I throw these things away. I will try nattokinase, but I can't handle coumadin. Let the Lord take me home if that is the only cure for my clots. I can't do my yardwork, so she does, that just aint right. Doctor insists these aren't side effects, but I never had a dang thing wrong until this. | M | 54 | 5 months 2.5 1X day | 6/11/2010 | 1 | DVT | Exhausting fatigue, weight gain (17 1bs), mood swings, anxiety, depression, inability to focus, moderate hair loss with increased graying, SEVERE loss of motivation, increased mistakes, can't think, and now getting to where I can't even function. | My DVT was attributed to birth control pills. The first couple months was okay, but I noticed I was slowly gaining weight. So I increased my workout to a full hour a day and improved my diet, but even after 3 months this has done jack. Hair loss, mood swings, depression & fatigue were very soon to follow, which to me was way worse than dealing with weight gain. I run a business and sure enough, my reports show a strong, steady decline in my production and a large increase in errors since I started this stuff, but especially the past 3 months. This past (5th) month has been the worst. I cannot continue like this. I was supposed to be on it for another month but I'm not taking one more dose, and my Dr is just going to have to deal. I was a good girl for 5 months and I'd rather risk it than go for that 6 month safety net. It's either this or lose my business. Yes, the mental effects are THAT BAD for me. I feel so bad for the lifers!! Hang in there, surely something better will come out in the near future! | F | 30 | 5 months 10 1X day | 3/3/2010 | 1 | DVT - Caused by Birth Control Pills | This is a follow up. Please see my post from 3/3/2010 for a full description of the side effects I experienced. | I first posted on 3/3/2010 about my horrible experience with this drug. As stated I stopped immediately a month early cause I could not take it anymore. Now it's been nearly 6 weeks later and I'm thrilled to report that I have my life back! After looking into this med more, I'm fairly convinced that it can somehow affect your thyroid. (This is just my opinion.) While I started improving immediately after stopping the med, it was a bit slow going until I started taking a natural supplement called "Thyroid Energy." The kind I take is from Now Foods but I'd think any natural Thyroid booster might help. It's been great! I've lost 10 pounds so far without trying, I have energy, I can FOCUS and I'm no longer losing hair. My business is slowly but surely back on track. I wonder if being on a natural Thyroid booster while on the med would have off set some of the side effects. I don't know, but it may be worth looking into for those of you still on this med and experiencing similar problems. However definitely talk to your doctor first as even natural supplements can be very potent! Best of luck to everyone on this stuff and by all means look into amino acids and supplements that might help, then talk to your doctor FIRST to make sure he thinks it's safe for you before taking anything. | F | 30 | 5 months 10 MG 1X day | 4/18/2010 | 1 | DVT | I experienced weight gain, heavy periods, numbness on my left side, overall feeling terrible. My DVT is still there but disolving after 5 months on the drug. | I was taking birth control to control ovarian cysts, but is was determined to be the cause of my DVT. Without the pill the cyst grew and when I ovulated and because I was on coumadin I bled into my cyst causing extreme pain and putting me in the hospital for 1 week. The numbess on my entire left side was addressed in the hospital and i was told there is no medical reason I should feel this way, I now think its the (rat poison) medication. But I am sure my hemotologist is going to disagree with me. | F | 41 | 5 months | 3/16/2006 | 1 | dvt in left leg | tremendous weight gain...20 lbs in 5 months....annoying and disturbing since i exercise regularly (1-2 hrs 5 times a week) and i watch what i eat | i hate it...wish that doctors would explore natural alternatives to this rat poison. it's easy to push pills. also, it has not alleviated the leg swelling. the only time i find relief is after pilates. | F | 51 | 5 months | 5/15/2005 | 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 | 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 | 3 | DVT | immediate effect - gas, bloating, constipation, failure to have complete bowel movement; increased appetite; inability to lose weight; lethargy; depression - didn't know why but realized it was Coumadin. | I have been taking Coumadin know for 5.5 months. It has kept the DVT from re-occurring. I am not taking the 5 mg a day prescribed - I'm taking 1 mg which my body can handle. Quality of life issue - do I want to feel good or do I want to feel bad and live longer? I want to feel good. One thing I like about this drug - it improved sexual pleasure. | M | 54 | 5.5 months | 3/23/2008 |