After my valve was replaced I had atrial fibrillation and was put on Warfarin. As well as muscle pain I began to get pains in my joints as well as muscles. I again stopped the statins and the muscle pains subsided but the joint pains increased as my warfarin dosage was increased.
A second cardioversion cured my atrial fibrillation and the surgeon said that I could stop warfarin after being in sinus rhythm for six months.
Chronic headaches, eye pain, stabbing sensations, ankles and feet hurt, muscle and joint pain that moves around, sensativaties to light, sound, smell? "brain fog", vertigo, fatigue, sometimes feel like you are going to throw up? Sore throat, heart "skips" occasionally, chest pain, and do you have some "good" days and some "bad" days and does it seem cyclical? .
m off warfarin. I will be on warfarin for the next 12 months due to a carotid artery dissection on the same side as the lipoma.
I'm curious if a lipoma can be diagnosed without a biopsy. I would hate to wait 12 months only to find out its cancerous and has been spreading. He offered to allow me to have an ultrasound to rule out cancer. I found a radiology website that said an ultrasound may only be used to identify whether a mass exists but not to characterize the mass.
Given that yesterday he said to not take the warfarin he was changing me from the genertic warfarin and putting me on the brand name of the med coumadin. Said some folks do not tolerate warfarin well but do well on coumadin and i am to start the coumadin today. I would be lying if i didn't say i am a bit gunshy at this point. This med has made me absolutely miserable and today is my 43rd bday...
Johnycat, thanks for your comments, but Xarelto is not approved for mechanical heart valve patients such as myself or Dream_ers's father. Plavix is sometimes given to mech valve patients, but when it is, it's used as an adjunct to warfarin and not as a substitute for it. Xarelto, not at all.
Sorry you had so many problems with warfarin.
The symptoms may also be due to drug interactions if you are taking other drugs along with Warfarin. It may interact with other medications like OTC pain killers or cold medications. Alcohol interacts adversely with Warfarin and increases the INR.
Coumadin /warfarin interacts with foods that contain Vitamin K. Vitamin K works against Coumadin /warfarin and makes it less effective. Please try to eat consistent amounts of Vitamin K.
Thank you for your question. Although without being able to examine you I can not offer you the specific advice on diagnosis and treatment that you need, but I would try to provide you some relevant information about your health concern.
From your description of symptoms, it appears that due to clot disorder it may be leading to formation of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) that is a dysfunction of deep valves of veins. Symptoms appear as painful, burning, red, and warm leg.
You may also want to talk to your pharmacist as they will have records of the meds you are taking and are best suited to identify if there is something you can take for pain that will not have a negative impact on the warfarin and INR. Other options you may want to try for relief include topicals such as stop pain or biofreeze or heat wraps.
The pain is joint pain and muscle pain. My legs, back, shoulder joints, etc...The pain can be so deep and sometimes it feels as though the inside of my bones are on fire and the heat is radiating out. I lose my balance at times and my short term memory is really getting bad. it seems to come in "flares". I am in the midst of a flare right now and doing really bad. When I get this bad I feel like I am not going to get any better.
Hi, I had a double bypass in May 2011, three months ago and in the past two weeks i am getting very intense chest pain like i had before the surgery. I am having an angiogram in 5 days time and i am worried as they cannot put stents in because i am on Warfarin (Comadum} and they cannot give me another blood thinner for the platlets as they do when they put in stents.
I have just turned 60.
Thanks a mill!
The only other thing I could suggest is the Fentanyl patch. What I assume you mean by slow release morphine is MS Contin, which is a very powerful drug, especially at 100mg. I have worked with a lot of patients that once put on the Fentanyl patch, finally felt releif. But it's not for everyone, the nausea symptoms of narcotics can be more intense. This is a 72 hour patch that you apply to your skin every three days.
i an 59 years old and open heart surgery to replace mi mitral valve about two 2 years ago . Now y have a mechanic valve st jude # 31 and i have to take warfarin everyday for the rest of my life . My problem is that after my operation , y have rashes ,smalls cuts and dry skin in my hands , my doctor try 5 different creams , for fungus dry skin ,etc, and nothing change , the told that is not psorirys also, They said it is because i take coumadim .
Pradaxa seems to have with a pretty severe bleeding issues my aunt was hospitalized for a major GI bleed so just be aware of your body. That being said you seem to have some serious heart problems not to be negative, but you should expect to be on thinners for the rest of your life. I have similar heart problems and I'll be on warfarin forever and yes; the weekly/monthly blood test is a real pain but it's better than having a stroke.
On the 22nd post-operative day, due to severe pain in the epigastric zone, her doctor ordered an abdominal CT. It turns out that portal vein and superior mesenteric vein are thrombosed. They put her on enoxaparin and wanted her to rest for 5 days until the next control. She refused to be put on heparin or warfarin because of her history of gastrointestinal bleeding and recent surgery. We've been told thrombectomy would be extremely risky, given her medical history.
Unknown. Warfarin metabolism normally occurs through the cytochrome P450 (CYP450) isoenzyme system, with excretion occurring in the urine as inactive metabolites. It is postulated that large doses of acetaminophen may "exhaust" the capability of the CYP450 system to metabolize warfarin. Additionally, DARVOCET-N 100 TABLETS may reduce functional factor VII.
Management: Monitor coagulation status and adjust the dosage of COUMADIN 4MG TABLETS (BLUE) accordingly.
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