DVT deep vein thrombosis forum |
Home
1
| number of replies (6) - Page 1 of 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
|
High Doses of warfarin
Started by Sharon |
Posted: February 6, 2010 at 17:58 | |
|
Here I am again my daughter is 19 and on 10/11mg daily she is bleeding heavily (constant period) but blood levels are good at 2.3 never been higher than 3.5 - Does anyone else take such large doses?? 15328
|
||
|
Re: High Doses of warfarin
Reply #1 by claire |
Posted: February 6, 2010 at 18:41 | |
|
I take 10 mg for 6 days & 7.5 for 1 day. Everbody is different, I used to take 5mg but I was taking Tylenol which makes my inr higher, when I stopped taking the Tylenol ( switched to Coumadin as Warfarin gave me headaches), my inr dropped, so I had to have Lovenox shots & increased doses of Coumadin to bring my inr up to a thereapeutic range, so dont worry about this amount of Warfarin, some people take even higher doses than your daughter. 15330
|
||
|
Re: High Doses of warfarin
Reply #2 by pamela |
Posted: February 6, 2010 at 19:40 | |
|
There are factors (not clotting factors, but blood composition factors) that can mean some people need a lot more warfarin than others to get to a theraputic range, and others need way less than "the norm," whatever that might be. I just saw my doc this week, and commented to him that while I expected periods to be a major issue, even on warfarin my periods weren't as long or bleed as much as when I was a teenager. 15331
|
||
|
Re: High Doses of warfarin
Reply #3 by Machka |
Posted: February 6, 2010 at 23:20 | |
|
I'm currently on 10/9/9. In settling in to this pattern I've been on doses as high as 12 and 13. And since I started warfarin, my periods are great! I bleed heavily for 18-24 hours, and I'm done. I've also been very late with one, and when it finally started it was the same as the others. 15337
|
||
|
Re: High Doses of warfarin
Reply #4 by speedyturtle |
Posted: February 7, 2010 at 07:49 | |
|
I was on 10mg per day right up till the end of my treatment. Even at 10mg, my INR never got any higher than 2.1. I didn't have a period at all while I was on warfarin, but from what I've been reading on here, it seems to go either of two ways: more heavy than usual or virtually no bleeding. Guess I got lucky. 15340
|
||
|
Re: High Doses of warfarin
Reply #5 by Jennifer |
Posted: February 8, 2010 at 04:36 | |
|
I am 23 and I have been on 10 mg of Warfarin for 4 months. It has def made my periods heavier and longer. They used to last about 5 days and now its seven. My doctor said that this is completely normal, everyone reacts differently. 15346
|
||
|
Re: High Doses of warfarin
Reply #6 by Roxann |
Posted: June 2, 2010 at 21:04 | |
|
I'm currently on 13 mg of warfarin daily. A rare blood disorder,so the docs tell me. I had a procedure called Novasure (endo ablation) due to 0 iron count and heavy peroids. That was the best procedure however I can't have any more children. 16593
|
||