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 |
| 4 | LL DVT/Bilat. PE/Pulmonary Arrest | Weight gain, hair loss, dry skin, low energy, forgetfulness, fogginess, heavy periods | I had a DVT in my left leg and bilateral pulmary embolism. I went into Pulmonary/Cardiac arrest in the ER due to BC pills. I was given Factor V and heparin. I had massive blood loss and had to have a transfusion. I was in ICU for 11 days. My Hematologist wanted me to be on the Coumadin for 2 years. I am at the 22 month mark and have been given the go ahead to go off of it. I will be off of it for 4 weeks and then have testing to see if I have a tendency toward clotting. If I do, I will be on Coumadin for the rest of my life. If I don't, I am hoping baby aspirin. I am thankful I found this site as I too thought I was the only one. I am anxious to see if the symptoms go away and how long it takes. | F | 47 | 22 months 6 mg 1X day | 9/13/2011 | 1 | Congenital heart disease. Mech valv | I was told about how it will effect your life, but this is horrible. Nausea, fatigue, INR up and down, watch what I eat all the time, the bruising, bleeding, bright redness on my hands and feet. My skin is tan then those parts turn horrible. I am turning 34 tomorrow. This valve replacement...I wish I would have taken the pigs valve, but they said at my age I would have to have come back in 5 years. Well now with coumadin in my life, I wouldn't care. Plus the damn a fib I picked up with this operation. My 3rd operation. I wish nature and God's own build of me would have just taken it's course. with | Good luck people. I love you all for fighting and surviving! Ciao. | M | 33 | 6 months 5-6mg 1X day | 9/9/2011 | 3 | dvt right arm and protein c defi | Weight gain, tiredness, body pains, cold all the time, headaches, irritable, levels are never consistent, dizziness | I have gained a lot of weight since I started taking this med. I also have hypothyroidsim and this med throws my levels off and causes even more symptoms. I don't like the way it makes me feel at all! | F | 39 | 3 years 15 1X day | 9/8/2011 | 3 | DVT - caused by a broken foot | -EXCESSIVE FATIGUE - I SLEEP FROM 9PM - 6.30AM - THEN BACK TO BED AT 7.30 UNTIL 12 NOON. STILL NEVER FEELS LIKE ENOUGH. -MOODY- I HAVE TURNED INTO A MEGA B! I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THE SWEET, EASY TO GET ALONG WITH TYPE GIRL, BUT LATELY, I HAVE HAD AN AWFUL PERSONALITY. MY HUSBAND HAS CALLED ME OUT ON IT MORE TIMES I CARE TO COUNT. HE WILL BE THE 1ST TO SAY THAT I AM NOT ACTLING MYSELF. I HAVE BECOME VERY SHORT TEMPERED. -LOSS OF HAIR - CLEANING THE SHOWER DRAINS EVERY MORNING. SEEMS LIKE I SHOULD BE BALD BY NOW! -HEADACHES - SEVERE. SOMETIMES SO SEVERE I QUESTION WETHER OR NOT TO GO TO THE ER. TYLONOL DOES NOTHING FOR MY HEADACHES. LOSS OF ENERGY- I SIT AND I LOOK AROUND MY HOUSE. I WANT TO GET UP AND CLEAN, BUT I JUST SIT. I CAN'T SEEM TO GET ANY TYPE OF ENERGY TO DO ANYTHING. FORGETFULNESS- I CAN BE IN THE MIDDLE OF A CONVERSATION AND COMPLETELY FORGET WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT. ANY TYPE OF DISTRACTION WILL KNOCK ME OFF TOPIC. ALSO, WHILE WRITTING/TYPING, I WILL KNOW WHAT | OVER ALL I HATE THIS MEDICINE. I HATE THE PERSON IT HAS TURNED ME INTO, BUT I AM ALIVE SO I WILL GLADLY TAKE THIS MEDICINE IN RETURN FOR MY LIFE. | F | 28 | 20 weeks 15 MG 1X day | 9/7/2011 | 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 | 4 | DVT | I am foggy at times and seem more forgetful. I am bloated most of the time. I know this medication has and is saving my life so I will put up with it for now. | I also have arthritis in my left knee and can no longer take the anti-inflammatories. I do get 2 Excedrin, twice a day for pain. This is not enough. I got the DVT from birth control pills. | F | 56 | 6 weeks 7.5 or 10m 1X day | 8/30/2011 | 5 | Deep VEIN Thrombosis | Without coumadin, I will die. I hated this drug at the beginning.I've lost my hair at 39, my figure, my fun personality, and dear friends. It killed many good fun things around me and .YES!, Its rat POISON. Is anyone still working a high profile job? I 've had to for our family medical. I can't do it anymore. I have fainted at work, costantly fatigued, I don't trust myself, I'm in chronic pain. How much wosre can this get??? I've been on coumadin treatment for 11.6.years . I will be on it for the rest of my life.As long as I can afford to pay for it. I feel and understand the pain everyone of you is goiing through. | F | 51 | 365 years 7..5 1X day | 8/26/2011 | 3 | Upper Extremity DVT | Pain on rt side of head, hair thinning, nails brittle, sometimes sleeping problems, mainly concerned about the loss for words. | I will be talking and a different word comes out and you are fully aware this just happened but you cant help it. Same goes for writing. I find myself double checking my texts before sending them, reading things 2X, kind of always in a fog, and my daughter has noticed this. Its very frusterating. I read that once you stop taking the coumadin the side effects are gone. I truly hope so because Im only 43 and I feel like Im losing my mind. | F | 43 | 4 months 7.5 MG 1X day | 8/16/2011 | 1 | PE | Weight gain, depression, loss of hair, moodiness, lack of sex drive, dizzyness, headaches, tired a lot!! | F | 24 | 20 months 7.5 1X day | 8/15/2011 | 4 | DVT left calf | Posting this message to report that Coumadin made by Bristol Myers does NOT give any side effects to me (took yesterday and today 7.5 mg). However, Warfarine made by Barr gave me headache, dizziness, mood swings, forgetfulness, made me feel as if I have a hangover. I took Barr/warfarine for 3 days before switching to coumadine and I had side effects only on warfarine by Barr. | This is my 2nd DVT, First was in 2007 in the same place (some doctor screwed up my laser venous ablation and made me predisposed for DVTs in the left calf), and I also took coumadine without any side effects in 2007. Please switch to coumadine and report if you still have the side effects mentioned above. | M | 41 | 12 months 7.5 mg 1X day | 8/7/2011 | 3 | Genetic Clotting Disorders | Acne, lethargy, fainting, severe fatigue | This drug has made me feel pretty terrible and I am so tired of my INR never staying the same no matter what I do but it keeps me alive I suppose. | F | 24 | 1 years 11.5 MG 1X day | 8/2/2011 | 1 | A-Fib | Extreme fatigue, weakness, headaches, swelling of shins down on both legs, upset stomach. Mucsle and joint pain. | Why is it that the medical profession refuses to acknowledge that Coumadin has any side effects? Their claim is "no side effects at all." They refuse to listen to even any possiblities. Can't wait for my hair to start falling out along with some other symptoms mentioned by others.............NOT | F | 67 | 13 days 5mg 1X day | 8/2/2011 | 3 | Lupus anticoagulant | thinning skin, hair loss, mental fogginess and most recently, severe headaches. | It's funny how the docs don't mention any of these side effects. I thought it was just age why I was experiencing these things until the headaches started and I went looking online. I would be interested to hear more from anyone who has taken nattokinase or lumbrokinase as I have come to learn that these may be more appropriate in preventing clots from forming which warfarin really does not do. It thins the blood thereby helping to remove clots that have already formed. I would rather be proactive. | F | 52 | 9 months 7.5 1X day | 7/31/2011 | 1 | dvt | fatigue,hair loss,numbness in my feet,hands,cold feeling,dry,brittle hair,itchy skin,weight gain | Have been on coumandin for 11yrs now. My whole life has changed for the worst.Constant lab visits. My weight gain is awful,although i excercise. I walk and bike daily and i don't loose the weight!!!!! I eat well, i don't eat junk foods AT ALL...My hair loss is terrible. Used to have beautiful curly,bouncey hair. Now its's sooo coarse. | F | 49 | 11 years 7.5 1X day | 7/30/2011 | 3 | blood clot after surgery/left calf | can't seem to get my PT/INR under control. supposed to be between 2-3 and it drops to 1.2-1.4 finally got it up to 2.1 for two days straight. menstrual cycle is EXTREMELY heavy, stomach bloating, weight gain. hopefully only on for 3 months. | F | 41 | 10 weeks 9mg 1X day | 7/29/2011 | 4 | Stroke - DVT in brain | Hair loss, increased libido, numbness in toes, VERY heavy periods nearly to point of hospitalization, coldness | Started taking after stroke eventually connected to Factor V Leiden inheritance in connection with birth control consumption. Had been completely healthy prior & took no meds at all until began birth control to regulate periods after pregnancy. Took a month to regulate INR, but has been really stable and I feel really good since. But, I have also regulated my diet & have been eating very well compared to prior to stroke, and have been staying active. I feel keys are to totally avoid fatty foods and really eat balanced - I can really tell I feel aweful after eating poorly. Stinks but it really has helped do what it should. No weight gain - actually loss - but I think that is because of my diet. Usually only tired during heavy blood loss during cycles. When tired - REALLY tired. | F | 38 | 3 months 2.5-5 mg 1X day | 7/26/2011 | 5 | DVT, Factor V, Homocystein, Lupus | dizziness, weight gain, red spots on skin (sometimes), get cold easily, loss of libido | I am on life-time Coumadin. I have genetic clotting disorders plus was just diagnosed with SLE Lupus. I cannot ever go off of it, so I am thankful for this drug. I take it together with Plaquinil (for my Lupus). | F | 58 | 5 years 5-7mg 1X day | 7/21/2011 | 1 | PE | Also weight gain-10 pounds ! | Or has anyone had the weight gain issue ? | F | 56 | 6 1X day | 7/20/2011 Patient History | 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 | 1 | DVT behind right knee/upper calf | weight gain and severe bloating in the stomach, arms, legs and face, numbness in my right hand, nausea, neck pain, lack of appetite, restless sleep, insomnia, confusion, forgetfulness, irritability, major anxiety. | I can't imagine staying on this drug for another 3 to 6 months. I"m getting major anxiety thinking about it. I've already gained weight in my stomach after only 7 days on the drug not to mention this bloating. What gets me is that when I asked my Dr. if all these side effects are from the drug, she vehemently denied it!! Thank goodness I found this website. At least I know I'm not imagining this stuff. Feels good to vent, if nothing else. I'm on a mission for alternative methods to clear this DVT. | F | 58 | 7 days 7.5 mg. 1X day | 7/12/2011 |