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 | AVR and aortic aneurysm graft | Fatigue attacks! Tiredness descends and I HAVE to go to sleep, but then I'm ok again. Always extremely cold or extremely hot. TIAs when coumadin levels have dropped and temporarily lost eyesight. Bleeding from bowels. A general fogginess/forgetfulness. Also, goes without saying, very bad bruising. | I have a high tagert INR due to TIAs. INR levels fluctate badly for no apparent reason,(Alcohol, vitamin K, aspirin etc. all monitored carefully.) | M | 41 | 3 years | 2/9/2009 | 2 | Aortic Valve Replacement | Constantly fatiqued I sometimes feel like I am in shrink wrap.Joint pain and upper body aches.it seems my mind wonders easily.I get cold very easily | I have good days and bad days,Iwish I could predict them | M | 54 | 3 years | 10/29/2008 | 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 | 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 | 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 | atrial fib | Tiredness, trips and cost to have Dr monitor, weight gain, no salads or grapefruit | Research needed to find a substitute. Everyone knows that it is rat poison in a reduced dose! | M | 73 | 3 years | 8/5/2009 | 5 | 3 DVTs | Lots of clotting with periods, that are heavy and painful | I took it for 6 months when I was 20 for my 1st DVT and now have been on it for almost 4 years for a 2nd and 3rd. I will be on it for the rest of my life. The only real complaint it that it makes my period painful! I have really bad clots with it and they are now lasting almost 2 weeks. (And for a big bummer, just found out that OB stopped making their Ultra tampon. I want to cry!!) Other than that I wouldn't know I was on it...I'm lucky I don't bruise at all (and I did the first time I was on it)! YAY | F | 27 | 3.7 years 7.5 1X day | 10/15/2010 | 5 | 2 DVTs and 2 PEs | overall, I don't have many side effects. Sometimes my INR reads higher than I thought it would, but it has been easily remedied with diet and dosage adjustment. I am always cold. If my INR gets too high, I get severe headaches that absolutely nothing can alleviate. At first, I was depressed, but that was due to the situation not the meds. I'm grateful for all it's done to keep me alive and out of the hospital. | F | 31 | 4 years 10 1X day | 11/28/2011 | 5 | Following By Pass Surgery | Weight gain up to 5Kgs Hair thinning Lethhargy Dizziness and loss of balance Blood in urine | Am taking 3mg one night 4mg the next maintaining INR 2.4 to 2.6 hate having to take it but at my age what the heck enjoy glass of good red most nights My best bit of advice to others is a positive attitude it definately helps. | M | 76 | 4 years | 6/20/2006 | 5 | Protein-S deficiency (hereditary) | I have brittle nails, experienced hair thinning but is finally growing back. I feel as if I can feel my blood flowing through my body. Bad anxiety and panic attacks that come out of nowhere. Occassional tingling on the left side of my face. I bruise easily. Finally on monthly visits. My numbers range from 2.3-3.0. I've NEVER had a blood clot and I'm thankful for that but I have had a TIA and the feeling of your body going numb on one side is horrible! | F | 39 | 4 years 10 | 8/19/2014 | 5 | stroke/ t.i.a.'s | some hair loss,extensive bruising;especially when doing yard work.queasyness,strange metallic taste to lips and skin,bruising to feet and knees;I walk 3-4 miles per day and my feet and toes swell and turn dark colored. | This drug has been a blessing to me because I was unable to take Plavix(strange mood swings)and injecting Heparin caused worse bruises/pain than the coumadin.The worse part of taking this medication is the embarisment of constantly being covered with bruises;people wonder if my husband is a wife beater.Wearing shorts and a t-shirt,or a bathingsuit is upsetting because everyone stares at my bruises. I tell many people I have a blood clotting disorder,and take medications to treat it; everyone seems o.k. with the reason.The bruises ache and hurt constantly. I will have to take this medication for life(oh joy!!!!) | F | 46 | 4 years | 2/1/2008 | 5 | Multiple large PE's | I can't say that I have noticed any specific side effects. My problem with it is the testing required. We travel a lot and I am having trouble finding clinics that will do the INR for me | Does anyone know of any anti-coagulant clinics in San Diego? | F | 62 | 4 years | 2/1/2008 | 5 | DVT in hepatic portal vein | None that I can pinpoint, other than the *wonderful* side effect of it curing all of my fibromyalgia/chronic fatigue symptoms that I had for over ten years. If Coumadin is causing any of the symptoms I deal with, they're nothing compared to those caused by chronic fatigue syndrome. | To those who consider Coumadin a poison, remember that it's poison to rats, not humans. Chocolate, for example, is sheer delight for people, but it will kill a cat quickly. Also, keep in mind that many of the symptoms reported on this site can also be related to the actual disease going on. I've had great results with it. | F | 49 | 4 years | 2/22/2008 | 5 | multiple pulmonary embolisms both | F | 62 | 4 years 5MG | 3/14/2016 | 4 | Factor V Leiden | not sure if the side affects are related to coumadin...but definite weight gain :-( and occasional headaches since taking this drug | I had a blood clot travel to my colon 4 years ago, and through testing, discovered it was FVL. Initial diagnosis was crohn's disease but a great gastroenterologist was suspicious of that and ordered the blood testing. My doctor told me that this is now happening due to age - our veins become less flexible as we become older and most likely any clots in earlier years were passed easily. I never had any problems until this happened and was surprised at the diagnosis. I have not had any clots since taking coumadin and so will continue. I'm not perfect with it, but having a home testing kit is wonderful - no more hospital visits for testing; I just call in the results. I've been working out and watching my diet for 4 weeks with NO weight loss - so frustrating! Probably due more to age than the coumadin? | F | 53 | 4 years | 2/2/2008 | 4 | Blood clots & strokes | Factor 5 Leiden here, too. I had 3 strokes in one year all on the right side, but but damage left in 4 different locations on the right side. Docs thought it must be a hole in my heart. It wasn't. It wasn't until 3rd stroke that Leiden 5 disorder was discovered in my tests. No particular side effects during the first six months. | After taking coumadin for six months my PCP prescribed an antibiotic for an upper respiratory infection. She didn't have me check my coumadin pt or inr while taking it. The interaction caused my pt to go up to 5.6 and I developed a 3x2cm cranial bleed. This time the bleed was in the occipital area in the left hemisphere. I had difficulty processing what I was seeing. Ultimately, I couldn't read. My neurologist was quite angry at my PCP. My PCP thought that 5.6 was high, but not enough to worry about, but my neurologist said we should worry if it reaches any amount over 3.0. Lessen learned, the hard way! Gotta remember those interactions! I can read and write now, as evidenced by my post, but it was the strangest feeling in the world. | F | 55 | 4 years | 1/7/2010 | 4 | Mitral valve replaced mech.+ CAD | Hair loss, weight gain, sensitive skin (sunburned feeling),very foggy, cognitive problems. Feeling of extreme cold or heat in my feet, can't tell which. Bruising. | Lifelong commitment for me, as well as asprin. Still had clot problems even with theraputic levels ( hence the asprin addition) Hate getting tested, as my INR's vary greatly. No more horse jumping:( dentist visits are awful. My feet drive me crazy...can't tell if they are burning or cold. peculiar | F | 51 | 4 years | 12/4/2005 | 4 | 2-DVT's | I experienced thrombo phlybitis. Hand swelling due to water retention. High blood pressure. Hair loss. Weight gain. Anxiety. Joint aches. Exhaustion. | I have been on warfarin sodium for 4 years now and am always looking for an alternative medicine to be approved. I read about all the herbal medicines you should avoid while on coumadin. Why can't they be used instead of "rat poison"? I have no pre existing incidents to explain why I have gotten 2 DVT's. Since my first one in 1998, my sister has also had 2 of them. Her and I have been through every test imaginable(went to the same Dr.)and no answers were found. Both of our daughters were also tested and no indicators were found. I hate not being able to go white water rafting any longer and the worry everyday....what if I'm in a car accident is overwhelming. For the exhaustion I take 3 mgs of Melatonin each night to help get a more restful sleep. This has somewhat helped with the exhaustion. | F | 51 | 4 years | 3/13/2007 | 4 | Factor V Leiden | acne increased | at my age shd not be getting acne. have changed makeup, skin cleanser, avoided chocolate (a trigger for me), watched diet, etc. & still get one new large blemish as soon as old one heals. very frustrating. | F | 69 | 4 years 3 mg 1X day | 3/25/2011 | 3 | Mechanical AVR | LOT OF WEIGHT GAIN, feeling tired, bloatiness, a generalized feeling of not feeling well as time has went along after the first 6 months or so. Depression at times. | Have to be on this the rest of my life. I wish I had received a tissue valve now instead of a mechanical valve. My father got a tissue AVR valve and does not have to take blood thinner. He has not experienced the weight gain that I have. I cannot eat a lot of vegetables (dark green especially as my blood thickens too easily). I hate the coumadin!!! | F | 60 | 4 years 3 - 4 alt 1X day | 5/29/2012 |