INR HAS to be a mistake

[RandyL]

You're supposed to measure first? I always eyeball it and then guess!

It really pisses me off that I have to pay two co-pays in order to take 7 mg 5 days a week and 6 mg 2 days a week. If that's what the doctor ordered, I figure it should be considered one prescription, but my insurance company disagrees. Does anyone know if the 1mg comes in generic? I recently switched to generic for the 6 mg because of a shortage of Coumadin and haven't had problems with my numbers, so I was thinking of switching to generic for both to save money. Previously I took the generics that were shaped like little Milkbones and had problems with the numbers jumping around. The ones I'm taking now are oval shaped and haven't caused the same problems.

What generic brand are you taking?Once you figure out what dose works the best you can have your Doctor prescribe one amount twice a day
For example:

Take 4 mg twice a day. That script would be for 60 4 mg pills. Then you can split the pills to obtain the correct dose you need with only one script requiring one co/pay. My Doctor gave me plenty of samples to get by on until we figured out the correct dose. Good Luck.

BTW whether you take wayfarin(generic) or Jantoven(generic) they should be the same for you, just because you jumped around doesn't mean it was the generic drug that caused this, it could of been a number of different factors. Unfortunately ACT is not an exact science, there are a lot of varibles

 

[Ross]

You're supposed to measure first? I always eyeball it and then guess!

It really pisses me off that I have to pay two co-pays in order to take 7 mg 5 days a week and 6 mg 2 days a week. If that's what the doctor ordered, I figure it should be considered one prescription, but my insurance company disagrees. Does anyone know if the 1mg comes in generic? I recently switched to generic for the 6 mg because of a shortage of Coumadin and haven't had problems with my numbers, so I was thinking of switching to generic for both to save money. Previously I took the generics that were shaped like little Milkbones and had problems with the numbers jumping around. The ones I'm taking now are oval shaped and haven't caused the same problems.

35+12=47mg per week divided by 7 days=6.7mg per day or round to 7mg per day. Eat more vitamin K foods to lower your INR in range if need be.

 

[ALCapshaw2]

It really pisses me off that I have to pay two co-pays in order to take 7 mg 5 days a week and 6 mg 2 days a week.

As long as you only take ONE pill per day, the cost is the SAME.

Yes, you have to pay for two prescriptions, but at one tablet a day, they last TWICE as long so your daily cost is still the same as if you only had one prescription.

...and yes, 1mg tablets also come in generic.
FWIW, I have 1's, 3's, and 4's made by TARO in Israel.
BARR is another good supplier of generic warfarin (USA).

'AL Capshaw'

 

[Guest]

If I had somebody who required 47 mg/wk and they had only 6 mg tablets I would have them take one tablet daily + 1/2 tablet extra on Mon & Fri. This would equal 48 mg/wk. A 2.1% dosage change should make little difference. You cannot keep your vitamin K consumption within 2% of variation. Even if you ate the exact same food every day, the amount of vitamin K in food probably varies by 2% due to soil conditions, amount of sunlight on the plant etc.

 

[Lisa in Katy]

Al, that sounds reasonable. I think I'll try it to save $15 a month! It's not much, but I could go out to eat or something!

BTW - 7 mg a day would still be two tablets because the pills come in 6 mg and then 7.5 mg (I think).

 

[Guest]

Take 8 of the 6 mg tablets over 7 days = 48 mg.

1 tablet every day and an extra 1/2 tablet in Mon & Fri.

I would not expect a change in the INR between 47 & 48 mg.