Inr 5.2 ?

[Ross]

Monthly, but I take Mydol for that

Heh. No, no water gain.

Just wondered if you might be a bit like me and have some CHF that might cause liver congestion, hence the rise in INR for no apparent reason. Maybe the test result was bogus? It's happened before. I can't let myself go longer then 2 weeks without starting to shift out of range one way or the other. I'm finding it works best for me, even though this sounds kind of crazy, to take 42.5mg one week and 45mg the next, then alternate weeks.

 

[Cris N]

When I first started I was on generic warfarin. Had a tough time getting stable. Tried Coumadin brand thinking that would take care of it - no difference at all. Switched back to generic and finally got stable. To me the 'I Can Only Stay in Range on Coumadin' is a bunch of BS. I have only been around this forum for a little over 4 years and this topic indeed comes up frequently. No one has yet been able to prove that Coumadin is more effective.

Do you have periods of water gain?

Monthly, but I take Mydol for that

At least spell it correctly - it's Midol

I read that the coreg dosage you're on is not uncommon with CHF - my suspicion is that's the bigger issue as Ross suggested.

 

[dick0236]

I was on Coumadin for a long, long, long time because doctors would not permit me to go on the generic warfarin. I found a young cardio about 4 years ago who said...."I see no reason for you NOT to try warfarin. If it doesn't work for you, then go back on Coumadin". It has worked as well, and maybe a little better, than Coumadin and I pay $4/mo. rather than $30/mo.

I can remember paying about $120/mo for Coumadin in the 1980s. You don't think DuPont(who patented Coumadin) didn't work hard to "brain wash" physicians that warfarin was very inferior to coumadin.

My advice is to try Warfarin unless you just like to spend money

 

[Matski]

At least spell it correctly - it's Midol

It was tounge in cheek...that was the point cris.

Ross and cris thanks for the feedback regarding the coreg, I'll keep that in mind if I see random fluctations again.

As far as coumadin/warfarin goes, there's no difference but for some reason I regulate better with coumadin so that's what the dr prescribes and what i take. I make no claims one is better than the other just sharing my personal experience.

 

[Ross]

As far as coumadin/warfarin goes, there's no difference but for some reason I regulate better with coumadin so that's what the dr prescribes and what i take. I make no claims one is better than the other just sharing my personal experience.

Rich also swears Coumadin works better for him. There are a couple of people that do, so maybe for some, it does. It shouldn't. The only thing different are the buffers in the tablets. Oh well.

 

[Eva]

Not to deviate from the main thread, but I am one of those my body does not respond well to some generics; one for example is the generic for the pain killer 'Vicodin' agitages me and makes me very edgy. I thought it was my imagination until my doctor told me I was not the only person who reported that!

 

[Ross]

Not to deviate from the main thread, but I am one of those my body does not respond well to some generics; one for example is the generic for the pain killer 'Vicodin' agitages me and makes me very edgy. I thought it was my imagination until my doctor told me I was not the only person who reported that!

No that was me causing the problem, not the medication.

 

[COLLEEN S]

Never saw a difference on either one, I've been on both. I was allergic to the dye in the tablets, so I had to switch to 10mg, the only strength without dye.