Generic warfarin vs. Coumadin

[Guest]

Kaiser in Denver probably has more people enrolled in their anticoagulation clinic than another place in the US. They published a study showing what happened when they switched over 2,000 people from Coumadin to generic warfarin. This is the largest study yet.

This prompted me to write a review of the medical literature comparing the products.

It is available at http://www.warfarinfo.com/generic.htm

 

[Rich]

Al,
That certainly is interesting but knowing how my cardiologist feels about switching and seeing my wifes problem first hand I don't think I could ever become comfortable enough to try it.
Certainly there are financial advantages to doing so.
I also feel since my INR has never been out of range in almost seven years I won't take any unnecessary chances.
Your point is well taken however regarding vacations, etc.
Apparently people lose their focus during these time and pay the price for it.
I firmly beleive consistency is the key to keeping your INR in range.

 

[MarkU]

Just got back from a three week business trip to NYC and am going to get my INR checked later this week. I tried to be careful with diet & activity while I was gone, but I guess we'll see. I'll report back as soon as I get the numbers.
And to make things even more interesting, we have house guests coming next weekend. Guess I'm putting it to the test!

Mark

 

[terry40]

Allodwick

Allodwick

Thanks for the updated information, I'm on the generic, it's good to know it's compatible with it's counterpart.

Terry40

 

[MarkU]

Just found that my INR has dropped to 2.0 as the result of my three week business trip to NYC. There is something to be said for keeping a regular schedule and diet. Living in a hotel and eating out every meal just isn't the same as being at home.
Will be bumping up the dosage for a couple of days to get back in range.

Mark