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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR COUMADIN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | bilateral pulmonary embolism, dvt, | Acne, dizziness, fainting while sitting, blood in urine, heavy period, fatigue by about 2 pm I need to lay down, restlessness when trying to sleep, forgetfulness, knee pain, and lack of appetite | I'm glad its keeping me alive but the side effects have been debilitating | F | 23 | 30 days 10 mg 1X day | 9/21/2010 | 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 | 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 | PE in right lung after DVT leftcalf | I was getting headaches after taking Coumadin. | I experienced the PE one month ago and the clot seemed to go away after a week. Nonetheless I was put on a combination of heparin injections and Coumadin. Quickly got tired of having INR levels checked two to three times a week. For some reason I was having this sense that Coumadin was not something for me. So despite various doctors telling me I should be on Coumadin for 3 mos, or 6 mos or indefinitely - I made my own personal decision to stop taking Coumadin. Will let you know how it goes, but have started a regular cardio and weight training program, and healthy diet with controlled calorie intake around 1500 per day. I feel good about this decision, and time will tell if I have any future issues. But I had a strong personal resolve to stop taking Coumadin. | M | 54 | 30 days 11.5 1X day | 10/31/2015 | 2 | DVT and Pulmanary Embolism | Headaches, tiredness and abdomen pain | I took Xarelto for 3 1/2 months felt better but the blood clots remained. Doc changed me to Heparin and Coumadin. I am having trouble with the side effects. My holiday break is almost over. I am not sure if I can do my job effectively when I return tomorrow. | M | 63 | 30 days 25MG 1X day | 1/1/2019 | 1 | DVT (left leg) & PE | Increased hair loss, severe severe fatigue and weakness, terrible muscle aches, feel like I have the flu. | The Mayo Clinic and NIH web sites describe some of the less and more severe side-effects of Coumadin. Print these pages and show them to your doctor(s). These organizations recognize what Coumadin can do to people. I want to scream when a doctor tells me my symptoms are not from Coumadin but because I am depressed. This is NOT depression! | F | 41 | 30 days 4 MG 1X day | 7/21/2010 | 1 | Atrial Fibrillation | Acute headaches associated with elevated physical/sexual intensities. General sluggishness and loss of zest for life. | I take between 2.5 mg and 5.0 mg daily to maintain an INR between 2.0 and 3.0. Approximately one week after starting the regimen, I began experiencing severe headaches that rose in intensity during heavy physical/sexual exertion. I also started taking an antiarrhythmia medication at the same time as the coumadin, and have been taking Diovan to control high blood pressure and Zocor to control chloresterol levels for several years. I have never suffered any side effects prior to beginning the coumadin and antiarrhythmia regimen. I believe coumadin is nasty stuff and would prefer to return my pre-Atrial Fibrillation routine of 81 mg of Ecotrin daily. | F | 43 | 30 days | 5/26/2006 | 4 | pulmonary aneurism | I have experienced a notable increase in either my frequency of dreaming or my ability to recall dreams. Since beginning the medication I am awakened often by midlly disturbing dreams. I dream or recall dreams every night where I once went weeks and weeks withour recalling a dream. | M | 55 | 32 days | 6/10/2005 | 4 | Venuous Thrombosis in shoulder | Headaches, fatigue, weight gain, anxiety (possibly not caused by the meds) | After having a contraindication to the birth control pill, I developed a blood clot in my shoulder. Coumadin has helped and I am grateful. I wonder if others have experienced the same malaise that I feel however - perhaps it's partially due to the fact that I am an active person and I can no longer do some of the activities I love, but I am uncharacteristically fatigued and depressed since I began taking the medication. | F | 29 | 33 days | 8/9/2008 | 5 | Bi-lateral PE Several | Tingly or pain in arms at random moments. Feeling like I'm not all there in the mind, like an idiot. Pain in knees. Legs fall asleep when laying down. No appetite at all. | I miss being able to eat collard greens, and I hate feeling like my arms are asleep all the time. I'm glad this is saving my life and I am very thankful. These side effects are sort of affecting my daily life. I can't run six miles a day anymore cause I'm exhausted from the medicine. I just am not a fan right now. | F | 19 | 34 days 5-7 mg 1X day | 6/2/2010 | 4 | Stroke due to dissection | Extreme hair loss, weight gain/bloating, stomach cramps, throat closure, bruising, joint pain, rush of heat followed with left arm numbness and extreme shaking (chills), left jaw numbness/tingling, light headed, dizzy, NO sex drive, fatigue, depression, anxiety, cold, emotional | Coumadin is the ONLY blood thinner on the market approved for a dissection so I'm stuck taking this drug until my left carotid artery heals (hopefully 3 months). I HATE this drug, it was developed in the 1940's to kill rats and now I take it daily. I am a 5 time half-marathon runner and certified yoga instructor, my health and active lifestyle is very important to me so being on this drug makes every terrible side effect that much more worse. Almost every side effect mentioned I have experienced. I started at a Coumadin Clinic today and the pharmacist advised she doesn't see many side effects, I call bull on that. I can't be the only one experiencing all these issues. My INR is all over the place I have varied from 1.7 to 4.3. I have reduced my Vit K intake dramatically, I actually cried at the site of a salad a couple weeks ago. | F | 31 | 35 days 7.5 1X day | 3/14/2016 | 4 | dvt | fatigue | M | 60 | 36 days 10 mg 1X day | 9/20/2011 | 4 | Bi-lateral PE's- blood clot in leg | My main concern is the fatigue. I can't tell if it is related to the medicine or the change I am experiencing in my life since the PE's were discovered. I'm glad to hear others are also feeling fatigued. | F | 48 | 39 days 7mg 1X day | 6/11/2010 | 2 | Bilateral DVT in legs | mood swings, saddness/depression, severe anxiety, and trouble sleeping. | I thought I was going crazy, until I found this site. I am so glad I am not alone. I dont think I will be able to take this for a whole year as recomended. Sometimes I feel like I want to jump out of my skin the anxiety is so bad. | F | 31 | 40 days 5mg 1X day | 6/1/2010 | 5 | Factor 5 Def. P.E. Chronic Ven Insf | Have had ups and downs with coumadin, but when I was 18 years old, i suffered a fall in an industrial accident. This caused a clot in my leg. After returning to work for a few weeks, I started having pain in my leg again. When I was at the doctor's office seeing him about the pain, I had a P.E. Since that time i have had numerous clots and due to all major leg veins now being occluded, I wear a compression stocking on that leg and still have experienced about 5 or six ankle ulcers over the years. Some of these took over two years to heal. This has been a long ride with coumadin, but I would n ot be here without it. | M | 60 | 42 days 6mg. 1X day | 9/11/2015 | 2 | Multiple PE's | I am not the same as I used to be. I'm only 20 years old and i am being treated like a 60. My head always hurt and i am always miserable... I try to put on a happy face for my friends and fam but it is so hard. I randomly cry when i am alone and it is getting unbareable | F | 20 | 44 days 5&7.5 1X day | 1/16/2011 | 5 | Bypass in leg due to thrombosis | I am taking 7.5 mg once daily. I did get very, very itchy -- first, the leg that was operated on, then lower extremities generally and occasionally almost my whole body. It about drove me crazy, because I would scratch and then erupt the skin with bruising and bleeding. This has calmed down but it took probably a good 4-5 weeks. I also found myself bruising very easily -- for example, I brushed up against the edges of some cardboard sheets and my whole arm just erupted in bruises. They did heal substantially within a week or 10 days, though. I am also taking 75 mg of Plaxil and a cholesterol drug, Niaspan, as well as the occasional Vicodin still. | I don't know if it's helping, but I am assuming it is -- I'm just trusting my docs. | M | 55 | 45 days | 1/29/2007 | 4 | DVT right leg/ 5 P.E's in lungs | female 40 yrs of age/diagnosed end of Jan.2007 5 days in hospital, 5 daily shots in stomach and with coumadin tablets orally. Extremely thankful for coumadin although I am currently at the lab once a week and have not been able to establish a stable INR just yet. Currently taking 4 mg's 5 days a week switching to 5 mg's the other 2. Have had to stop taking my precious herbal and vitamin supplements as well as all soy products and green tea but I am alive and I count taking coumadin a small price to pay during this phase and adjustment. I cannot say I have experienced any side effects thus far although I do notice a constant underlying coldness or chilliness, very pale skin, and on certain days, intense fatigue and lack of energy. I attribute this to the lack of decent herbal and vitamin supplementation my body and system were used to. I try to work around the lack of supplementation with using fruits and vegetables that are allowed on coumadin as well as vitamin C in low d | I would HIGHLY recommend getting this very patient friendly and informative book called: THROMBOSIS by Dr. Jack Hirsh. Its full of positive, solid information for the patient on coumadin who has experienced any form of thrombosis. | F | 40 | 45 days | 3/8/2007 | 3 | pulmonary embolism | forgetful, severeheadaches,eye red and painful,constipation,tire easily | I want my life back,don't fel like socializing. can't read due to eye pain,can't concetrate | F | 66 | 45 days 6mg 1X day | 5/7/2012 | 3 | Mitral Valve Repair, A Fib., P.E. | Intermittent dizziness, lack motivation, cold hands & feet, no perspiration, wake up at 5:00 a.m. every night, blood in tissue when I blow my nose. | I spent nearly an entire month in the hospital. I originally went in for surgery to repair my Mitral Valve and at the same time have an ablation to treat my Atrial Fibrillation. A couple of weeks later I was home only a few days before I started to have complications from the surgery and the COUMADIN! I was losing consciousness and rushed back to the hospitals I.C.U. to find out that I had blood clots in my lungs, fluid (1.5 liters to be exact)in my chest and an I.N.R. near 12!(toxic) After a Greenfield Filter was placed in my Vena Cava to catch any more clots, a chest tube to rid my body of the fluid, and plenty of vitamin K, did I begin to recover from this nightmare. Upon my discharge my Dr. adjusted my coumadin from 7.5 mg to 2.5 mg. I now go for routine blood work and I have had my Dr. call and tell me to skip a day here and there because my I.N.R. levels are higher than 3. I think I'm sensative to this drug and I will definately hold the Dr. to his word that I'll be off of Coumadin in 6 months! | M | 43 | 45 days | 10/20/2009 |