COUMADIN Reviews (WARFARIN SODIUM)

Average Rating: 3.1 (876 Ratings)

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COUMADIN  (WARFARIN SODIUM):  This medication is used to treat blood clots (such as in deep vein thrombosis-DVT or pulmonary embolus-PE) and/or to prevent new clots from forming in your body. Preventing harmful blood clots helps to reduce the risk of a stroke or heart attack. Conditions that increase your risk of developing blood clots include a certain type of irregular heart rhythm (atrial fibrillation), heart valve replacement, recent heart attack, and certain surgeries (such as hip/knee replacement). Warfarin is commonly called a "blood thinner," but the more correct term is "anticoagulant." It helps to keep blood flowing smoothly in your body by decreasing the amount of certain substances (clotting proteins) in your blood.    (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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 4  chronic dvt, 4 blood clots hair loss, weak left leg (no more heels), extreme fatigue, heavy periods, memory loss, nausea, bloating, leg swelling I tried to take myself off of Coumadin 3 times. I hate the drug, but I love life so I deal with it. Each time I took myself off I ended up with another blood clot in the same leg. F 49 7 years
10mg 1X day
8/27/2015
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 4  Mesenteric venous thrombosis Hands, legs, and feet hurt. Feels like my bones ache. Pains in arms and legs. Veins get really blue Nauseous a lot. Acid reflux. Chest tight. Can't sleep/ lay on back for a while. So sore when I wake up, or just go from laying down to getting up. Like someone is sitting on my shoulders. Chest Can really feel tight when my arms are up. Or when I'm just standing up. Feels like someone is squeezing my heart Body feels hot to the touch sometimes. Feel pulse in head/ears and whole body sometimes. Lips got tingly sometimes. Yoga helped a lot. I've been off it for a little over two weeks, and now I'm having annoying pains in my legs again and I have shortness of breath. I have no family history of clots. It's more than likely just for the birth control I was taking, even though I took birth control for over 11 year. I feel like I'm having to start over again with yoga, bc I feel so weak again. Anyone else have some similar reactions with their bodies having to adjust like I do? F 30 1 years
10mg/day
6/15/2015
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 1  Blood clot i refuse to be on this poison for anything long term. I can't deal with all the BS that goes with it. i have NO life taking this crap. It sucks!! M 59 10 days
5mg
6/2/2015
 1  i have had a PE, DVT, PE again Chest, feet, toes, muscle pain. Cold. Thinning hair. Gum pain, bleeding. Anal bleeding. Dizziness had to use meclizine. Cognitive problems. Very very tired. Stomach acid, gerd. Small red dots on skin. I had no life it was supposed to save. Used several different times same effects each time. Why do the doctors tell us it is not causing these effects, when stopping, it all goes away. Doctors take it yourself! F 57 3 months
5 mg
5/17/2015
 3  Protein S Deficiency Ever since I have started Coumadin 8 years ago, I got better but I feel like my body is going downhill. I keep having so many other problems especially in pain after I get hurt. I am a letter carrier for the post office and I tend to get hurt. After getting hurt, I struggle to get better and it taken forever to get better. I have a lot of burning sensation on my feet and hands.. The dr thinks it's all in my head.. They said it's not from Coumadin! No matter how hard I tried to tell them that the medicine is giving me problems! Am always complaining that I am in PAIN!! Yes I am also COLD!! Is there anyone here can really noticed that we have problems with the Coumadin and wake up those doctors and realize that there's a serious side effect. I can't go on working with all those problems!! Doctor don't get it!! F 49 8 years
10mg
4/29/2015
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 4  DVT muscle/joint pain. severe headache upon discontinuation Diagnosed with a DVT after knee surgery. Found a good balance pretty quickly where my INR was just above 2.0 and my dosage was 10mg on the nose. Tested weekly and it never changed even with the occasional broccoli or leafy greens. Had enough energy to keep (light) excercise and working out. I heard that was good to help a DVT dissolve. Close to 3 months I felt the muscle or joint pain kicking in making it harder to lift, so I'm glad the was when my doctor said I could get off of it. NOTE: There might some withdrawal effect from this med, because I had a screaming headache the week following discontinuation (no weaning). I've never had bad headaches or migraines and it was so bad I got a CT scan to make sure a clot didn't travel to my brain. Came out negative, so it must have been the med. M 43 3 months
10mg 1X day
3/2/2015
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 5  I had a pulmonary embolism Starting to get burning sensation in my stomach and left leg burns But it saved my life F 44 6 years
10
2/4/2015
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 2  Broken left foot caused a DVT and P from day one 9/23-2014 I had a constant headache I'm in a constant fog I have gained 12 pounds I'm having neuropathy from my face to my ankles I feel bloated I'm having pains on my right side high blood pressure which I'm sure is causing the headache and neuropathy I'm also feeling very depressed. I'm a physically fit 40 year old male that cuts tree's down for a living I broke my foot 10/23/2014 was put in a cast, a month later i developed a DVT in the calf muscle Part of it broke off and went to my right lung causing a PE I was put on lovenox injections and warfarin it has been an absolute nightmare since, the side effects of this drug are devastating to me the worst thing is my doctor says it's not the drug it's my imagination meanwhile my life is in shambles my kids cry because their dad is a shell of what he used to be I stopped taking the drug 2/2/2014 at this point I still feel the same I pray I will go back to my normal self and try to forget this nightmare ever happened, God bless all of you and know that the side effects of warfarin are real and very scary I wish all of you the best and don't give up. M 40 4 months
5 and 7.5 1X day
2/4/2015
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 4  pe Super heavy periods, 0 appetite, can't sleep without sleeping pills, arm numbness, hair loss, anxiety, depression. Can't keep my inr where it is suppose to be. I get bad headaches and I bruise super easy. Without this I know I would be dead. But I'm so ready to be back to my normal self again. I'm always tired and I have 4 kids that doesn't work for me. F 29 8 months
5 mg
1/26/2015
 4  AFIB None I can identify. I test at home each week on the same day & time. I call it in to a Company named Alere Home Monitoring. I got the original company name B/4 3 buyouts and consolidations from our daughter who does home health care. All your doctor needs to do is call in an Rx to them and they will send a kit to him to train you on how to use it. Their phone no. is 1-877-262-4669. They use a finger prick to get the blood sample. Also, if you are a little shaky you can support your arm (I use the original box the equipment came in and have taped it closed again, I also taped a white piece of paper over where I set the meter and guide my (with the other hand) finger to the test strip for the blood drop, as the test is movement sensitive while it is being evaluated. I then call it in to the company and if out of limits they contact my doctor, who then tells me to up or lower my dosage. I also, track everything I eat to keep other health life style concerns/problems under control I may have or want to avoid. To better get a handle on controlling my INR/PT/% (depending on which part of the world you live) I have gone to the United States Department of Agriculture www.usda.gov website and looked up "Home and Garden No. 76" which has over 98 pages (35 lines per page)of foods and over 40 nutritional values for each food. One of those is a listing of about 28 pages of foods with Vitamin K. By tracking K I have some control the amount of Vitamin K I take and i M 76 8 years
2.5to10
1/21/2015
 5  BECAUSE I AM BEING TREATED FOR PE. I was diagnosed with pulmonary embolism back in September,i went to the emergency room because I was having shortness of breath and craps in my ribs on the right side.by me having pneumonia in the past I know the symptoms so I went to get checked out I had it a long with PE.I was put on warfarin,after taking it I had minor side effects the first month shortness of breath and a little pain and tingling in my fingers but three months in I've been back and forth to the emergency room because I am having more issues nerve jumping in my face,burning sensation in my chest shortness of breath worsens at night,anxiety attacks sometimes and I'm sick of the doctor saying it's my imagination bullshit.Hey I appreciate the warfarin saved my life but there gots to be some other med out there with minimum side effects in it,I think it's the rat poison in the warfarin that triggers these side effects. Lord knows I am counting down the days before I go to my doctor all the way down to my final dose of warfarin to here him say.well Mr Smith you can stop taking this so I can get on with my life. M 48 1 days
10.0-12.5
1/9/2015
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 1  4 blod thinner Makes my throat close in M 51 1 days
11/21/2014
 1  DVT in lower left leg Tingling in left arm and hand, feeling very heavy headed and dizzy bad heads now very high blood pressure don,t know if Coumadin affects blood pressure??? just want to get well again Got offered alternative medication to Coumadin but I could not get it on the NHS in Cyprus I would have had to pay about 120 euros a month. I am retired now and do not have the money to pay for meds so I have no choice but to take Coumadin until the doctor takes me off it in January F 64 4 months
& mg a day 1X day
11/11/2014
 1  PE Hair loss,cold all the time,bones ache,barely able to get out the bed,pain in both arms,carpal tunnel etc.... Today I'm taking myself off this SH*T. There are other was to thin your blood. http://m.wikihow.com/Thin-Blood..... I been on the generic warfarin for 3 months after a cesarean bith of my daughter. My hands hurt so bad I can't even pic up my daughter. IT'S RAT POISON FOLKS!!!!! My doctor think it's all in my head 😥. He wants me on it for 3 more months, NOT. I plan on regulating myself with aspirin and wine for the next 3 months. I also plan to seek a pulmonigst. Good luck and God bless u all F 36 3 months
7.5mg
11/9/2014
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 1  Left leg DVT BACK PAIN AND JUST TIRED LONG HEAVY PERIODS STOMACHE PAIN I was on warfarin for seven months the first time. For a DVT in my left leg. It did take the pain away in my leg after twentey days. I am now back on in after a surgery on my left leg. My back doesn't hurt it Hurts. I begged to get off this drug the first time, now I am begging again. I know it's warfarin when I stop taking it everthing goes away! F 36 14 days
5mg 1X day
11/5/2014
 4  Bilateral PE SORENESS AND TINGLING IN MY HANDS AND FINGERS, TIRE EASY, INR HAS BEEN STEADY IN RANGE, WEIGHT GAIN, SORE JOINTS, I GAVE THIS A 4 BECAUSE IT SAVED MY LIFE BUT SIDE EFFECTS ARE NOT GOOD. THE LONGER I HAVE BEEN TAKING IT THE MORE THE SIDE EFFECTS INCREASED. i WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT. F 56 90 days
10MG 1X day
10/28/2014
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 5  superior vena cava syndrom I have not really experienced any side effects beside a little bruising was put on coumadin because of blood clots that I had in my main veins in my chest I had six procedures done and was in the hospital for two weeks I was swelling in my neck and left arm ...if it wasnt for this drug I guess I would die F 38 1 years
10mg
10/10/2014
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 3  DVT right leg Burning sensation in the legs, thin skin, pins and needles sometimes, irregular periods, pain. F 45 1 months
5 mg
9/3/2014
 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
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 4  open heart surgery My eyes will just close for a few mins I would like to know If anyone else has this problem F 76 2 months
30 -40
8/18/2014
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