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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 5  Superior Messenteric Artery Dissect Rare tear in abdominal requires me to be on coumadin since June 07. What began as a full head of hair is now shedding big time and thinning out terribly. This forum has helped and am using alternative thinning supplements to wean off this dangerous drug asap. Will our hair return after being off the drug coumadin??? Thanks, Ron M 54 5 months
11/10/2007
 3  dvt right leg, PE right lung Depression, spaced out, like I have ADD. I feel useless and overwhelmed by most everything. bruise easy, itchy skin and rash. Cottonmouth. Fatigued.Memory loss. Why is none of this listed on the Coumadin site? It saved my life along with the Lovenox! I hope I can get off soon. Why is none of this listed anywhere else? I am sooooo glad I found this site! M 48 2 weeks
11/8/2007
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 2  TIAS Dizziness no energy felt like my legs were on fire painful bones body ached all over could'nt understand what was wrong with me, my Dr. has now put me on baby asprin and the difference I feel is unreal feel like I am back to normal. F 67 8 years
11/5/2007
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 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
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 4  DVT, PE night sweats, irritability, hair loss, weight gain, and much more... I feel lucky to be alive, i just wish they had other treatments to choose from. I am depressed all the time and never want to go and be social, before this i was out all the time. I have 3 kids and it is hard to find the energy to play with them when all i want to do is but my head under a pillow and sleep. This might not be a side effect to coumadin. It is a side effect of all I have been through. Lovenox shots 3X a day for 6 weeks and i have been on coumadin for almost 6 months. I welcome all emails... i would love to talk to other people who have been through what i have i find it hard for my family and friends to understand sometimes... M 28 6 months
10/16/2007
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 3  Two artificial heart valves I have been on coumadin for roughly 16 years and the more time that goes by the more I hate being on a blood thinner. Not that I have a choice, but my hair is INCREDIBLY thin. I eat a very healthy diet and even take supplements and basically my doctor said I would just have to live with it because Coumadin can have that effect. While growing up I was under the impression that I could still safely have children, just as long it is planned and I get onto heparin for the first trimester. Now I've been told that it's extremely risky having a child when you've been on coumadin for awhile. My doctor actually told me I should look into adoption because monitoring my pregnancy would give him grey hair and be extremely high risk. F 28 16 years
10/13/2007
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 2  dvt hair loss, dull headaches, fatigue, lots of dizziness and nausea. sadness, but not sure if that is from the medicine itself or from dealing with the side effects. F 30 3 months
10/10/2007
 5  pulmonary embolism hair loss F 60 6 days
10/8/2007
 2  Bi-lateral multiple Pulmonary embol Fatigue, light-headedness, headaches, skin problems I'm another one they couldn't get the dosage right on. I'm tired of getting up in the morning feeling OK but knowing once I take my medication I'm going to feel like garbage for hours. I was told not to worry about what I eat, they'd just adjust the dosage to match. I found it was better to go ahead and avoid greens. Before going on Warfarin I had some flakey skin around my eyebrows on occasion but now it has spread down the bridge of my nose onto my cheeks and even inside my ears. Quite lovely. I've also experienced sharp pains in my ankles. M 52 3 months
10/7/2007
 1  Husband on for total knee replaceme Much nausea, GI upset, pain in abdomen, fatigue, indigestion, weakness, Husbands reaction to this med caused him to fall behind in his rehab. We had seen three specialists, MRI's, Cat Scans, trying to find reason for his symptoms. We asked his doctor to change to another anticouagulant...but he refused. After taking it for three weeks we changed it ourselves. He went to good ol' aspirin 325mg. M 65 21 days
9/25/2007
 3  pe after hysterectomy, now TIA too throbbing constant headaches, unquenchable thirst, tired or worn out all the time, achy everywhere, tingly arns & legs, anxiety/roller coaster eeling in my stomach & chest, afternoon nausea, burning in stomach...I could go on and on...I feel like a basketcasebecause I feel plain old yucky all the time; and a hypochondriac as well, because the docs say these aren't warfarin/coumadin side effects...but I'll tell ya, I didn't have this stuff before!! I have only been on this for two months, supposedly for a 6-8 month stint. I had a hysto due to suspected uterine cancer and got the estriadol patch (HRT) the day after surgery. 2 weeks later I had multiple PEs and ended up in the ER. Now, just had a TIA (mini stroke), and doc says it's not all related...how could it not be! My INR never levels out, and they keep switching my doses around. I had Lovenox shots 3x/day for 10 days in the beginning too. I'm just tired of feeling like I'm a whiner or a hypochondriac!! I want my life back to the way it used to be. I have 4 little boys,and they need me to be constantly on the run with them, not saying "sorry, but mommy really is pooped or doesn't feel very well guys". I know that the warfarin is why I am alive, and I respect and appreciate that, but it seems to me that if ther's so many of us with these same issues, that we could work to find/develop something else that would help MORE than it hurts. I welcome any e-mail f F 34 2 months
9/13/2007
 3  Pe Extremely tired all the time, legs hurt and feels like there is something crawling on them. Very dry skin allover.weight gain about 10-12 lbs in last two weeks.Memory problems I had a surgery while on birth control in 6/07 suffered a blood clot in my right lung. The doctor says I have to take coumadin for 6 months. I just recieved a VQ scan of my right lung and there was nothing left of the blood clot. I hate this stuff because of how I feel but I am grateful that it saved my life. F 37 2 months
9/10/2007
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 3  DVT Right Leg/PE right lung Slight nausea, anxiety, body aches at night and early am, leg aches on both sides at groin now, initial loss of appetite but it came back, minor headaches usually at night also, a little bloating, stomach upset. I can't wait for it to be over. Pray a new medication is found for all of us that is better than poison. F 43 11 days
9/9/2007
 5  mech heart valve none I'm lucky and have yet to have a single real problem past first week brusing while dose was all over the place and also on amioderone. I exercise hard, work hard, ski, bike, and take an occasional bruse that I expected to change my life but I've never had an event more serious than a handnail that bled for 2hrs or 50% more severe bruses when I really banged myself up. M 43 2 years
9/2/2007
 4  DVT in '04. New DVT and PE in '07 Although I am taking additional medications, I have felt very depressed and lost touch with everything that I loved to do before. As a web designer, I used to live on my computer but now I rarely get on here for more than a few hours. I am also very irritable all the time, snapping at my sons very quickly and over little things then feeling mad at myself later about yelling at them. I know that this medication is helpful and keeps the clots from reforming but I was unaware of it's side effects. The mood swings, irritable feelings and depression wouldn't be missed if they were to go away today. I am also freezing my wife out with the hot/cold spells. Either I am burning up or I am freezing. Glad to hear that I am not alone with these feelings. M 37 27 days
9/1/2007
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 4  Mitral valve replacement & AFIB weight gain, extreme sensitivity to cold weather, otherwise INR pretty consistent btwn 2.5 - 3.5, menstrual cycle come every 2 month and can be heavier than normal Taking this medicine for the rest of your life is daunting at best, but thank GOD this valve replacment(7/06) has given me an energy level from 20 yrs ago. With out a test, there is no testimony F 48 13 months
8/28/2007
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 4  massive dvt L leg, multiple PE nuisance bleeding, heavier periods. My INR was always fluctuating, more blood tests. No obvious cause for DVT( did have one during pregnancy 14 yrs ago) I believe 8 kg weight gain also due to warfarin- I have exercised more than before DVT. Continuing on weight, I stopped warfarin 2 weeks ago after 12 months treatment, no change in diet but I have lost 2kgs(4.4 lbs) already!! My first 6 months I was on drug trial for new drug Dabigatran (blind study but I suspect I was on warfarin)) This drug requires no blood tests and no bleeding side effects.Bring it on! F 47 12 months
8/18/2007
 1  DVT right ovarian artery Extremely dizzy, weak, tired, aachy, sad, non stop period, levels never good even with good diet. This drug is poison and I hate it. F 32 2 days
8/17/2007
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 5  Blood clots caused from chemo. Some weight gain of 10-15 lbs. Some fatigue. I developed pain in my right hip, but don't know if it is from the warafin. I bruise very easily too. I developed blood clots in my jugular and my right leg after my first chemo treatment. Took Heprin shots and started on coumadin and now I haven't had any since I started on the coumadin- been on it about a year and will be off it as soon as they remove my port. I don't know about the hair loss because I lost my hair from the chemo. It has come back in, but not as thick as before and that may be due to the coumadin. Thank goodness there is a drug to help! F 54 11 months
8/15/2007
 3  2 DVTs Super dry skin, my skin is normally very oily, dry scalp... looks like a horrible case of dandruff, hair loss, and very very heavy periods that last 10-12 days. I was told that coumadin would not affect my period. They lied. F 46 4 months
8/11/2007

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