Hi,
Just a small comment on the above being a fellow UK member - Home Testing over here is very hit and miss in relation to NHS supplying to you after 4 - 6 months. Please check with your GP that they will provide this - My GP flatly refuses to give me one of these and when i suggested there were GP's that did offer this service he stated that he has NEVER 'prescribed' one and NEVER will !! My cardiologist had said it would be an option ;o( .
To say i was rather annoyed is an understatement, i am 40 yrs old (AVR 2007) and unless i change my doctor and keep my fingers crossed that the new one will prescribe i am stuck with fortnightly visits to the hospital (INR still very unstable, never been more than 4 weeks without a required test).
Leaky gave good advise, get a pre-payment prescription card - it works out so much cheaper especially as each different warfarin 'dosage' is charged as one item. Therefore if you have 5mg, 3mg and 1mg prescribed then you are paying + £21 a month !!
Good luck anyway x
You can buy them for £600. It's surely worth the investment. It's ridiculous that he wouldn't prescribe one.. It would save 100s of times the cost of home testing in the long run!