Warning - it cost over $100 US dollars. Also, it is a specialty item which only 1 area medical lab could make for me. Fortunately, my bleeding started on a weeknight, so the oral surgeon and the medical lab were both open the next morning.
I know almost nothing about this subject, so take what follows as being just what I looked up out of interest the other day.
My prescription was liquid. I was told to hold it in my mouth for 2 minutes and then spit out the excess. The bottle also read "DO NOT SWALLOW". Repeat 4 times each day.
I agree regarding PILLS containing tranexamic acid. That is why I used the liquid and did not swallow it. Tranexamic acid works at the location of a clot to strengthen the fiber in the clot, so putting the liquid form in my mouth should not affect clotting anywhere else in my body, assuming I do not swallow the tranexamic acid.
I hope so!
so, you seem to assume that INR was set for reasons based on science and evidence ;-)
because that's the number they're given ... do you think they've ever read papers?
that's what the data says ... but don't argue with "them"
Well, I guess you could argue ALL cars are fuel hungry, but I drive a hybrid. My work is way too far away for me to bike there. LOLYES! Don't they have to learn this **** to do the job? Why would they not be reading the papers? Is there no degree or training about what it all means required in order to do this job? *shaking my head* I don't know how someone who did this job wouldn't want to know more about the hows and whys of what they are doing. I guess that is just my curious nature though.
you'd think so, plumbers have to learn stuff to touch your sink, but apparently knowing nothing about the drug is quite OK if you're a nurse (who know very little about the metabolism of drugs but something about the administration of a subset of them)
on a number of occasions I've wanted to do my PhD in this area, and despite approaching 3 universities (and remember, I'll need to bring in funding) they weren't interested (because there is no prestige in publications in this area).
Hmmm.... Wouldn't you be able to get do the actual phd in an accepted (related) area, and then do your thesis on this actual topic? Or is the thesis idea what was denied?
that might be the case in some institutions, but a PhD in Australia and the UK is the both proving your proposal, defending it in discussion with peers and a body of original research (not a literature review) which you've personally conducted.
That stinks.
It seems ****** that because someone doesn't think the research is worthwhile you can't use it for a Phd. Seems pretty arbitrary to me.
when I left high-school I thought "thank god I'm leaving this petty politics and bitching behind me" ... Then I started at Uni and quite quickly found it was just of a different nature. The reality is that its a business now.That stinks.
I've found that most of the staff at Coumadin clinics feel better if your INR is on the low side than the high side, but I've never understood why. For instance, at the Kelsey-Seybold clinic I used, if I had a 2.0, the nurse didn't say anything, but if I had a 3.7, she'd want me to hold. This resulted in an ongoing argument. I told her many times that I wouldn't do anything when my INR was in the 2-4 range, finally got tired of arguing and just did what I knew was right (for me). The next time I saw the doctor, I told him what was happening and he changed my range to 2-4.
