She's still passing the test

[Karlynn]

Had my 6 mo (as I've mentioned in another thread), my INR was 4.2 on my INRatio and 4.7 on my doctor's. The nurse looked a little concerned and said "Oh, she's going to want to adjust your dose." I thought "We'll just see about that." So the cardio comes in and says, "INR's high, what are you going to do." I said "Have a few green salads, maybe a V8 and retest in a week." She laughs a little and says "I was just going to suggest retesting in a week, but go ahead and have the V8 if you want. If you're still up, you may or may not want to adjust your dose. It's up to you."

Now if I could just get her to agree to generic. She still thinks it's bad. But as I said - she's pretty much on target with everything else, so I'll forgive her for that.

 

[Ross]

Sounds like my Cardio, though he cares not what I take so long as it gets taken.

 

[catwoman]

Now if I could just get her to agree to generic. She still thinks it's bad. But as I said - she's pretty much on target with everything else, so I'll forgive her for that.

Karlynn:

My PCP was against my switching to generic, but OK'd it -- because I home-test. He said that I'd quickly notice any variation. There wasn't, so he continues to write generic Rxes. (Wouldn't make any difference anyway, because I'm sure UHC would send generic.)

How about proposing a 2-month test period with generic and show the weekly test results to your cardio AND compare them to (1) the same months last year and (2) the same number of months immediately preceding the test period? Do account for any factors that might affect INRs -- illness, changes in other meds, etc.