Warfarin, weekly doses and doctors' stubbornness

[Mister_James]

These are lies I report in and in August for me to test 4 times in a month I was out of range and was trying to get back slowly (my doc doesn't need the details) 2.7 to 3.2 are real values. Below or above that are what they need to know while I make my adjustments

 

[Bubba T]

We found a good balance with 7-6-7-6-7-6-7 weekly, rolling into double 7's on the weekends. The RPH prescribed 8668666 which gave us some low days (2.5), so we broke the 2-8's into 4-7's and got a better balance in our preferred range. We also wanted to eliminate the warfarin spikes so we could better watch for the APS interference. Erratic unexplained spikes are the first indication of undiagnosed APS, so we needed to identify them and monitor their frequency. If they continue, we will need to start lab testing occasionally instead of POC testing at the clinic.

We are in the camp of finding the correct wall height, and keeping that warfarin level consistent. We have no problem with splitting pills, double splitting pills is where I draw the line