Coumadin and Burns

[KatherineK.]

Yesterday I burned myself pretty bad on the stove. It's kinda bloody and gross. Anyone else run into this? Suggestions?

 

[Cooker]

If you burned it bad enough to bleed I would get it looked at.

 

[Bina]

If it's bloody and gross, there could be a risk of infection. Better get it checked out.

 

[zipper2]

Kath,
I agree with cooker 100% I chemically burned my
hands at work....long story i wont go into detail
but had turned them black had to go change dressing
3x daily and they used Flamazine in my dressing as the
skin peeled and bleed,a real mess for me off work for a
month.You should go in with this.

All the best!

zipper2 (DEB)

 

[Jkm7]

Absolutely you should seek medical attention. That sort of burn is high risk for infection. How are you standing the pain without medication? Burns are very painful.
Good luck and please get it looked at.

 

[KatherineK.]

Thank ya.

Thank ya.

Thanks for the advice guys. I got it checked out and it is healing really well. What I couldn't believe was that the silver cream they use actually raised my INR. I had heard that topical medication could do that but it still is pretty weird to me.

 

[Bina]

Maybe the cream had cortisone in it......I don't know for sure what the effect would be.
Wel, at least you are doing better.

 

[Lisa in Katy]

Glad to hear you are healing.

My suggestion - Don't cook! That's why God invented restaurants!

 

[lance]

Hmmmm

Hmmmm

Thanks for the advice guys. I got it checked out and it is healing really well. What I couldn't believe was that the silver cream they use actually raised my INR. I had heard that topical medication could do that but it still is pretty weird to me.

Out of curiosity why do you believe the "silver" in the cream raised your INR?

Is the medication over the counter or by prescription?

Cheers

 

[catwoman]

Is the ointment called Silvadene?

This is something that is commonly Rxed for burns to prevent infections. I didn't see any interaction with warfarin that would cause an increase in your INR.

http://www.silvadene.com/

 

[Bina]

Thanks for the advice guys. I got it checked out and it is healing really well. What I couldn't believe was that the silver cream they use actually raised my INR. I had heard that topical medication could do that but it still is pretty weird to me.

The silver cream is probably Silver Sulfadiazine, (Silvadene and Silverlon are brand names).

 

[Ross]

Yeah what is this Silver creme?

No interactions were found for the drugs you selected.
You searched for interactions between the following drugs:

Coumadin Tablets
Silvadene

 

[KatherineK.]

Yeah, it's silvadene. I'm no pharmacist, my coumadin monitor just told me that it can up your inr a tiny bit.

 

[Ross]

Yeah, it's silvadene. I'm no pharmacist, my coumadin monitor just told me that it can up your inr a tiny bit.

Well he's wrong according to all the info out here.