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 |
| 2 | pulmonary embolism | dizziness, memory loss, fatigue | switched to Arixtra - one shot per day - and I feel infinitely better. It's like I got my brain back!! I could not have gone much longer with the coumadin - it was getting more and more difficult to think. it is so worth giving yourself a shot once a day to be able to live a normal life. also has no food interactions like the coumadin does. | F | 41 | 2 months | 11/22/2008 | 3 | PE left Lung | NO sex drive. I use to make advances to my wife at least 3 times a week. I've been on Warfarin 4mg for about year and now I go a couple of weeks before I realize we haven't been intimate. somewhat depressed, weight gain - i've gained 25 pounds in about 10 months. | I have a factor 5 blood clotting disorder. Basically, my blood clots in overdrive. I woke up in January 2008 unable to breath and my wife took me to the hospital, where I found out the good news of my disorder. I started out on coumadin and b/c of insurance, I now take the Warfarin brand. I have basically lost my sex drive, I feel bloated no matter what I eat, and I feel like I'm depressed. | M | 30 | 10 months | 11/15/2008 | 4 | Lung Embolism | When its warm outside I get very hot and sweat profusely and when its cold I have ice cold hands and feet and can't seem to get warm - I notice a few more hairs than normal in my hair brush - when I tend to my numerous pets I seem to get so exhausted while cleaning their cages that I have to sit down quickly or fall down - at night I either sleep very well or lay awake all night with sometimes horrible cramps all over my body & head | My INR is supposed to be between more than 2 and less than 3, it got to 4 once and usually hoovers around 2.9 with testing every 3 weeks. The doctor is giving me more medicine because I eat a lot of broccoli and dark green foods | F | 66 | 4 months | 11/14/2008 | 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 | 3 | 18" DVT in leg from flight | virus suceptibility - formerly cured HPV reappearing. Papilloma appearances on my feet, eyeballs, and vagina (which had all cleared up 8+ years ago and have just now reemerged at the same time). Also hostile flu virus in lungs, ear, nose, and throat. Exhaustion, depression, weight gain, lightheadedness, severe headaches, forgetfulness and spaciness, bloodshot eyes, tingling legs, numbness in the toes, and general fatigue | F | 31 | 3.5 months | 11/8/2008 | 3 | Pulmonary emboli | Weight gain, all-over joint aches | I was taking birth control pills and developed blood clots in my pelvis which broke off and went to my lungs. Testing found I also have factor V leiden gene. I am supposed to be on Coumadin for 1 year. Wondering what happens after I am taken off the drug. Would like to then switch to daily aspirin. | F | 53 | 11 days | 11/5/2008 | 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 | 3 | Multiple PE and clot in left calf | Lower back pain and changes in bowel movements | Only taken Coumadin for 12 days now for multiple PE and clot in left leg due to taking birth control pills for *20 years (tests still being done!). Started with 5 mg in hospital and down to 2.5 mg the past 5 days and numbers are gradually coming back to 2.5 as they were in hospital. Dr. isn't convinced upset stomach is from Coumadin. Has anyone else experienced lower back/joint pain and/or bladder infections from Coumadin? | F | 49 | 12 days | 10/26/2008 | 1 | multiple trombosis after operation | depression,weight gaining.I ended up not eating,had no apetite and still I was getting fat.Cronique fatigue,couldn't get off the bed,plus realy bad liver ache,stabings of high intensity under my ribcage,right side. Pores of my skin were clogged and had an eruption on my face and body of spots and sebum. Per total I think I was being poisened just like rats(as this drug was used to kill rats) Anyway something changed my life is a NATURAL REMEDY: GUARANA AND GINSENG. Common Names: Guarana, guarana kletterstrauch, guaranastruik, quarana, quarane, cupana, Brazilian cocoa, uabano, uaranzeiro Main Actions (in order): stimulant, antioxidant, memory enhancer, nervine (balances/calms nerves), cardiotonic (tones, balances, strengthens the heart) Main Uses: as a caffeine stimulant for energy as a weight loss aid (suppresses appetite and increases fat-burning) for headaches and migraines to tone, balance, and strengthen the heart, as a blood cleanser, and to reduce/preven | F | 27 | 3 months | 10/19/2008 | 2 | PE DVT | Severe Manic Depression! Hopeless, worried, anxiety. FAT FAT FAT! Gained 20lbs in 6 weeks! Tired, teeth problems, mood swings. | I can't take much more. | M | 6 weeks | 10/15/2008 | 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 | 2 | DVT and Pulmonary Embolism | First the good things. My calves and legs seem more limber. Probably because I had clotting in them for years so the coumadin may be helping there. But I have noticed an immediate drop off in my ability to maintain concentration. I am now quite scatter brained, and my head has this light feeling now like a baloon with just a little too much air. | I would rather have a clear brain and good concentation so I think I am going to quit coumadin and move to things like tumeric and yoga. I make a living with my mind. | M | 43 | 5 days | 10/12/2008 | 3 | DVT and PE | massive weight gain. Had PE in March 08 and since then I have gained at least 30 pounds. Weight is really strange. Have gained all over body and looks different then the usual weight gain. this has made me very depressed. | coumadin is not working. was put on it after a massive PE in March. While on the coumadin i had another clot in June. was told by my doctor that i will be a (lifer) as i call it. feel as if life is in a holding pattern. things will never be same. afraid of doing certain things because of bleeding and bruising. | F | 49 | 8 months | 10/9/2008 | 1 | DVT - 3mm in calf | Sleeplessness, waking in the night, and fatigue from the sleeplessness including some dizziness | I was put on Coumadin as my INR wasnt moving up and I had been injecting myself with Aristra for over 4 weeks. As soon as I started the coumadin I would wake at 5am and feel terrible all day. My doctor has said that I can take sleeping tablets, but 2 more months of this feels like a nightmare. I am healthy young woman with a business to run, and I would rather live with the 3mm clot rather than kill myself with this treatment. I have been told there is an international protocole for this treatment, so however big or small the clot is you get 3 months of a prison sentence. Please email me if you have any similar experiences to share | F | 39 | 1 months | 10/9/2008 | 1 | Heart | Tired all the time | Can't sleep or bend over | M | 76 | 21 days | 10/9/2008 | 3 | Atrial Fibrillation | Now 3 months on Coumadin, it doesn't get any better. Wake up most mornings with a headache, lower backache. Dry skin and hair, some hair loss. Cold hands. This drug has made me very despondent, no desire to do things without a lot effort. | There seems to be no alternative and appropriate medication I can take. Can only hope all the pharmaceutical companies researching this area, come up with an alternative product sooner rather than later. Life feeling like this, is not life at all. | M | 64 | 3 months | 10/4/2008 | 3 | DVT -caused by an airplane flight | dizziness, short-term memory loss, depression, exhaustion, headaches, weight gain, soreness/stiffness, gas and bloating, pain and exhaustion in my eyes | Thank god for this wonder drug which means I don't have to be hospitalized, but boy are the side-effects unpleasant. I am normally a very active person, but am finding it very hard to muster any energy on this drug. At the gym I am not able to do nearly as much as I normally do, and the same with walking, running, hiking, and everything else. No wonder I'm depressed! | F | 31 | 2.5 months | 10/4/2008 | 4 | DVT and PE | Water retention, severe weight gain (18 lbs in a month), hair loss, headaches, severe mental fogginess and memory loss, weakness | After reading everything people put on here, I now know I'm not going crazy. My doctor wants me on coumadin for 6 months. I've had difficulty staying within the INR rating of 2 to 3 even though I am very careful with my diet, etc. I ended up with DVT and PE due to birth control. My doctor was trying to stop my menstrual period for 6 months to get my iron levels back up (I was so anemic the iron levels did not register on blood tests). She had me double dosing and it caused the DVT. My doctors have been very good about explaining everything that happens with coumadin, but I didn't think the side effects would be this severe. | F | 46 | 3 months | 10/1/2008 | 5 | DVT, PE , genetic clotting | Extremely lucky not to have side effects that bother me.. no headaches or weight gain. Hair loss, but guess that's more age than medicine. | With my second blood clot, dr said I just barely missed having a "catastrophic event". I would be dead without coumadin. Both parents died from PE before family realized they each carried an inherited blood disorder. When I started on coumadin, dr told me not to change my lifestyle. Told me not to eat a lot of food with high vit K, but to go ahead and have salads everyday if I want and the dr would adjust my coumadin to my diet. I still play tennis 2-3 times a week (I do bruise badly if hit by a ball, but figure that is a small price to pay to be alive), and eat pretty much what I want. I have been on 10 to 12 mg daily for 9 years and my monthly INR stays pretty much in the acceptable range. | M | 59 | 9 years | 9/29/2008 | 4 | blood clots in right arm | stomach aches, insomnia,bowel movement changes,prostitis,low sex drive. | M | 47 | 4 months | 9/7/2008 |