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Hello,
I had an OHS and Mitral Valve replaced with a mechanical valve on June 6 2007 in India. I am 32 year old and eat mostly veggie. I was on 7.5 mg warfarin for almost 5 months and my INR was in the range of 2.2 - 2.8. Then I increased to 10mg and once the INR was 3.6 which I thought is better than 2.8 and two days ago when had INR test it was 4.6. I am planning to go and get another INR tested in the next few days with 10mg on.
Could someone suggest what is the ideal time frame to get INR tested? I mean, once every 1month or once every two weeks? What is the general recommendation in US? Here in India they suggested me once every month. Currently I am not using home testing, I go the hospital. Thank you.
Niranjan
I had an OHS and Mitral Valve replaced with a mechanical valve on June 6 2007 in India. I am 32 year old and eat mostly veggie. I was on 7.5 mg warfarin for almost 5 months and my INR was in the range of 2.2 - 2.8. Then I increased to 10mg and once the INR was 3.6 which I thought is better than 2.8 and two days ago when had INR test it was 4.6. I am planning to go and get another INR tested in the next few days with 10mg on.
Could someone suggest what is the ideal time frame to get INR tested? I mean, once every 1month or once every two weeks? What is the general recommendation in US? Here in India they suggested me once every month. Currently I am not using home testing, I go the hospital. Thank you.
Niranjan