On 6/26/2013 10:38 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 26/06/2013 9:54 AM, S Viemeister wrote:
>>
>> There are some interesting new anti-coagulants now, but they're very
>> expensive, and not recommended for older patients - so warfarin is still
>> extensively prescribed.
>
>
> And it can be a PITA. I was taking it for a while after my heart
> surgery. When I was discharged from the hospital I was given a
> prescription for the pills and needles. I had to inject myself a couple
> times a day. I had to go to a lab every Monday morning before 9 am for
> a blood test. The results were forwarded to the hospital who got back to
> me about changing my dosage. I had to do the needles for a bout a week
> and was able to stop the Warfarin after a month.

Those tests are extremely important. The wife of a co-worker had
complications from a surgery and developed blood clots and was put on
warfarin. The follow ups weren't frequent enough and she went from
bloodclots to blood so thin she could have died from internal bleeding.

--
CAPSLOCK–Preventing Login Since 1980.