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 | i was put on coumadin for a blood c | I have bad acne, some short term memory loss, headaches, and wierd dreams. | As far as it working, I have no new clots. My body isn't absorbing the one I do have as quickly as I like. | M | 36 | 6 months | 12/31/2008 | 3 | DVT led to complete Bi-lateral PE | Short term memory loss, water retention, weight gain, loss of energy, often cannot recall common names and phrases, decreased sex drive and seminal output, upper body muscle stiffness, some joint pain,dry hair. | It is somewhat of a comfort to know that I am not "Crazy" and that others are having the same issues. I had been on a regular workout schedule before taking coumadin. Now it is a real struggle energy wise. I also seem to gain weight by breathing. Huge water retention issue. Hands and lower legs and feet swell all the time. Diruetics don't seem to help much. Feet feel thick and wooden. I assume the coumadin has helped, but only because they have told me so. I don't have much of a problem holding a 2.2 PT with a 5 mg daily dosage. Because of family history, I am told I may be a lifer. I hope there is another answer. | M | 51 | 6 months | 12/6/2008 | 3 | DVT/PE after ankle surgery | Hair loss, fatigue, skin rash, headaches, dry skin, problems concentrating, trouble sleeping, cold hands and feet and sometimes very hot when it is freezing inside, joint pain, heavy periods and cramps, itchy scalp with small res sores, severe depression, anxiety, excessive weight gain and unable to loss even with diet and exercise,decreased sexual drive, dry hair and changes in hair texture, feel psace out often and forgetful, too many things, not sure if put them all | You have no idea how much it helped to rad the comments at the same time they scared me to death. I suppose the medicne has helped me, but I am not sure it is worth feeling like you are not you anymore. At least I am no crazy and I am not alone--there's a lot of us out there trying to go by. I wish drug companies cared and that doctors listened a bit more to their patients. So often I felt like I was loosing my mind and even wondered if I was imagining all these things I am feeling and that no one around me seems to understand or take into account based on what the doctors say. I can't wait to get of this medicine and claim my life back, have a child, be me again. I feel for all of you that are in the same boat. Yoga and meditation seem to help a bit, counseling, exercise. Don't give up. I am really considering getting off the medicine in a few weeks when I get tests that assure me that I no longer have clots. Good luck! | F | 32 | 6 months | 1/30/2009 | 3 | PE from the pill and long flight | Tiredness, bruising easily, bleeding easily from small cuts and gums when flossing teeth, upper centre chest tightness especially when lying in bed at night, very heavy periods, slight hair loss | I am happy that it possibly saved my life. I only had to take it for 6 months and I have been off it now for about 1 week. Since coming off it I feel like I have lost my security shield in a way because I become paranoid whenever I get a new pain which I think could be another PE. However, I am happy to be off it. One thing I am greatly concerned about now is that I still have upper chest tightness which I notice more at night in bed, especially when I change positions in bed. I have seen a few doctors and they think it is stress causing the tightness but I don't think so. I have had an ecg and chest x-ray also and the doctor said the results were good. One doctor thinks I could have an inflammation of my chest wall and said to take panadol or an anti inflammatory tablet. I don't know what to do now. Maybe I need to see a specialist and not a G.P. | F | 37 | 6 months | 7/1/2008 | 3 | multiple pe abdominal hysterectomy | Constant headache, dry skin, constipated, hand and legs go completely numb while sleeping, iritable, depressed, blurred vision, tired, complete body weekness, cold and hot flashes. Of course I am not able to take any hormones after my hysterectomy. Started Estrodial patch day of surgery and ended up with 7 clots in my lung 3 days later. Dont' know if it was surgery or hormone related or not related at all. I hate this drug but am thankful it was available when needed. Took 4 months to get into the "theraputic range". Today is my first day off of coumadin. I begged the docs to take me off. The docs say I should be okay, just need to watch for same symptoms I had. Am scared to death I will get another PE, but am willing to risk it to be off of this medication. Was taking 11mg daily and 12.5 Mon and Fri. | F | 48 | 6 months | 3/1/2008 | 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 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 | Multiple DVTs Right Arm | Extreme weight gain, nausea, exhaustion, and the list goes on. | My comment and question is for anyone that if OFF coumadin for about 2 months and have done a workout bootcamp, not drinking, watching what I eat etc and CANNOT get the weight off. Its like the coumadin is still in my system or something. Is anyone else having issues still after getting off coumadin? How long does this crap take to get completely out of your system???? | F | 22 | 6 months | 8/1/2008 | 3 | Reason as to why l was taking comad | Bloat up when waking up stomach irritations l hate having to go 2 times per/ week to get my levels to the correct amount for the pass weeks my levels were 1.9 and 1.4 so doctors put me on a 10mg for a few days and have me go back to recheck my levels until they can get it where they exactly want it to be.so now doctors have me on 10mg on one day and 7.5 the next day l have to altenate until doctors feel satified my lnr levels is 2.4 but my doctor wants me to continuel altenating one day 10mg and next day 7.5mg | Is any one out their have to altenate their meds | F | 55 | 6 months 7.5 and 10 | 2/19/2017 | 3 | Reason as to why l was taking comad | Bloat up when waking up stomach irritations l hate having to go 2 times per/ week to get my levels to the correct amount for the pass weeks my levels were 1.9 and 1.4 so doctors put me on a 10mg for a few days and have me go back to recheck my levels until they can get it where they exactly want it to be.so now doctors have me on 10mg on one day and 7.5 the next day l have to altenate until doctors feel satified my lnr levels is 2.4 but my doctor wants me to continuel altenating one day 10mg and next day 7.5mg | Is any one out there have to altenate their meds | F | 55 | 6 months 7.5 and 10 | 2/19/2017 | 3 | 2X DVT in a year and a half | dizziness; numbness in my feet; feet, hands and ankles swell; often feel cold; fatigue/passing out as soon as I close my eyes; increased anxiety/stress about taking this medication for the rest of my life; frustration at inability to continue to play hockey | Everything I have read says that while taking this medication, there should be few to no side effects. After reading this page, I really want to get off this drug now. If anyone knows about alternative therapy or treatment to prevent DVT, please let me know. | M | 28 | 6 months | 1/4/2007 | 3 | Spleenic Infarcts | A little bleeding when I brush my teeth. A bit cold, but I live in New England, and was borned in a very tropical city in South America, so maybe it's not the drug that's the problem. Biggest problem with this medicine is that it constantly remains me of my mortality. Not that I though I was inmortal before. I do recomend to try to spend more time with family and friends. I feel fine, the effect is mostly fear of getting a complication. | I still do not know why I developed the spleenic infarcts, all my blood work came back negative. My doctor recommended life long treatment. It's hard to think about a life-time of coumidan. I'm trying to take it one day at a time. I can't complain, had this happened to me in my country, I would have been in big trouble. | M | 32 | 6 months | 12/12/2004 | 3 | Anti-Thrombin III deficiency, | I have been taking Coumadin now for 6 months and unfortunately have to take it for the rest of my life. When I first started this med, I had leg swelling in one leg, terrible itching, very low energy, weight gain,dizziness,hair loss, bruise easily. Each time they change the dosage the above symptoms seem to appear again and then go away. When I told my physician about it, he did not seem interested and fluffed it off. Currently I am on 7.5mg alternating with 10mg. My INR keeps going up and down. When it goes to high, I can feel the difference in my body, I feel strange. And the lower the dose I feel more like myself. Wish they would have another drug available with less side effects. | F | 47 | 6 months | 3/12/2007 | 3 | DVT and PE | Fatigue and pain in legs | Blood levels are not consistent when checked. Doctors cannot give me anymore info other than diet. I found that moving around has helped. Also my relationship with God has given me a tremendous amount of confidence that I will regain the health I once had. Remember prayer changes things. God Bless! | M | 45 | 6 months 30 1X day | 8/31/2011 | 3 | Antiphospolipid Syndrome | Weight gain, fatigue, depression, headaches, joint pain, no energy, sleeping a lot | F | 45 | 6 months 6 mg 1X day | 4/17/2012 | 3 | dvt in groin too knee | I'm going through the numbness hotness and stiffness so stressful on warfain didn't realise it could effect whole body, | F | 37 | 6 months 2.5-3mg | 3/5/2013 | 3 | DVT, Pulmonary Embolism | Slight weight gain, COLD much of the time. Time to get off of this stuff!!! | F | 40 | 6 months 10 1X day | 5/19/2010 | 3 | Atrial Fibrillation | Hair loss, weak nails, thin skin, cold/icy feet and hands. Intolerable periods. Irregular sleep patterns. | As a nurse, I know this is a life-saver. As a woman on the move it has alot of side effects no one talks about. Coumadin prevents clots and strokes. So who can stop it. But who can explain how to deal w the hair loss, weak nails and skin. The extreme cold intolerance. The nauseau. I have other co conditions - thryoidectomy, severe periods requiring IUD placement. I am also on an antiarrythmic - so who is to say what causes what. But most MD's won't even venture a guess. We have to! | F | 52 | 6 months 7.5mg/5mg 1X day | 3/4/2010 | 3 | Blood clots throughout right arm | Depression, forgetfulness (especially very short term memory; like did I take my medicine or not?), lack of concentration, constantly misplacing things, mind is in a fog a lot, lower back pain. I'm sure there's more but, like I said, I forget a lot of things! | I had LEFT shoulder surgery on 01/25/10 and wound up with extensive blood clotting throughout my RIGHT arm after surgery. All signs point to poor positioning of my body during surgery. I was put on Warfarin a few days later after being hospitilaized and treated with Heprin. I'm not sure how much the Warfarin has helped the clots. My arm still "pumps up" with light exercise, is shaky and I have a real hard time with my hand writing. After a few lines it's like I lose control of my fingers. Overall, my experience with this drug is the worst 6 months of my life although the depression symptoms have tapered off (thank God). I went to my doctor after a couple of months on this drug to talk about my symptoms. He said that depression was common in patients with blood clots but that it could not be from the Warfarin. He pulled out his handy pocket PC and looked at the listed side effects so he knew he was correct. To that I said BS! He prescribed me a anti-depressant that I took for about 3 days. It made me so feel so bad that I could hardly get out of bed. I'm just waiting for the end of this month to get off of this stuff. | M | 43 | 6 months 5mg 1X day | 7/10/2010 | 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 |