Thread: Anyone Taking This.....

My Mother In Law is on Coumadin and detests having to be monitored so closely for adjustments to the dosage. Her Doctor told her that it is not a short term drug and that once you are on it, you have to stay on it and can not discontinue it. Check with your Dr. about that as it is possible that their opinions may vary. Here is a link to info on Wikipedia
Warfarin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Good luck and hope you have a good outcome

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Ditto about closely monitoring it,it ain't something to play around with.

I work at a home health agency and some folks we have are on it long term, and others are on it just for a few weeks if they've had a surgical procedure.

I took it short term after leg surgery, bad stuff, hope you dont have to be on it long. it makes you blood so thin, I would get a little nick and bleed for long time, luckly the dosages can be adjusted for each patient, and I would think your doctor should take the time to talk to you about it. I would say insist that he does, luck to you

The reason I am asking is, I have been tacchycardic for a little over 2 years. Tachycardia is where the upper and lower halves of the heart beat at two different rhythms.
They try to correct it with medications, and, if that doesn't work, they put you to sleep, and to simply explain it, use something like a defibulator to get your heart "in synch" hopefully.
This works in a majority of cases. However, it is sometimes a short lived fix for it. Then it is controlled with medicines from then on.

Lets all hope it works. Good luck