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With the recent discussion about yearly supplies of Warfarin etc. I have a question. If all of a sudden one could not get Warfarin what measures would you need to take? In other words what would you eat/do to try and offset the lack of Warfarin? I know you would stop eating anything green but just curious about the other steps to take????I know, I know this will never happen (I hope)?..just curious.
 
The problem is that, once you are off coumadin, your INR will drop to 1 just like anyone who is not on coumadin. Once you are there, it probably doesn't matter what you do or don't eat.

The best thing to do is merely pray that you are one of those who can go years without ACT and not have a problem. Apparently there are one or two of them in the world so you do the math.;) :D

I would just max out my credit cards, go on exotic vacations and have fun while I waited for my bloodclot to show up.
 
I wouldn't want anyone to try this, but I think I read somewhere that your odds of lasting a year without a serious incident are about 96 out of 100. Can anyone confirm or correct this? In the meantime I am sure to take my proper doseage every single day.
 
cooker said:
I will have to think about what I would do.....It would seem that the possibilities are endless:D :p :D ;)
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Maybe not - depends on the reason coumadin is not available. If it is due to something catastrophic, there may be other reasons we can't do things such as not being able to safely leave our houses. :eek: ;)
 
I think I would take aspirin like I used to for arthritis. I used to take 3 grams a day nearly daily for at least twenty years. I've never found anything that works better on my joints than good old aspirin. It might offer some protection from clots but regardless, I think I'd feel less achy.:)

I've got enough of a supply to last a few months.....just in case.:)
 
geebee said:
Maybe not - depends on the reason coumadin is not available. If it is due to something catastrophic, there may be other reasons we can't do things such as not being able to safely leave our houses. :eek: ;)
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If I am doing the count down to a stroke I don?t think I will too concerned with safety.:D Now I won?t walk in to a cloud of nuclear fallout:cool: but I believe I would take some chances that I otherwise would not take.
 
Run..not walk..to find my surgeon..to redo me..Put a tissue in..:p so I can moo with Mary..:D Bonnie
 
Granbonny said:
Run..not walk..to find my surgeon..to redo me..Put a tissue in..:p so I can moo with Mary..:D Bonnie
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Bonnie, that is not a bad idea at all! In fact, it is an absolutely brilliant solution. Maybe we could get a group rate.:)
 
Granbonny said:
Run..not walk..to find my surgeon..to redo me..Put a tissue in..:p so I can moo with Mary..:D Bonnie
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I thought the same thing!:D Maybe we could get a group rate????:D
 
Karlynn said:
I thought the same thing!:D Maybe we could get a group rate????:D
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Maybe we could form a group?
The Moo-Moos?
The Milkers?
The Bovine Boobies?
The Happy Heifers?
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odds

odds

Dennis S said:
I wouldn't want anyone to try this, but I think I read somewhere that your odds of lasting a year without a serious incident are about 96 out of 100. Can anyone confirm or correct this? In the meantime I am sure to take my proper doseage every single day.
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If the odds were that good, don't think you would need coumadin.

This is a quote from the American College of Chest Physician's

It is well established that patients with all types of mechanical valves require antithrombotic prophylaxis. Lack of prophylaxis in patients with St. Jude Medical bileaflet valves gave unacceptable results (embolism or valve thrombosis in 12%/yr with aortic valves and 22%/yr with mitral valves).93 Among patients with the Bjork Shiley spherical disk valves who received no prophylaxis or prophylaxis with APAs alone, thromboemboli occurred in 23%/yr.
 
shortage of warfarin scenario .................

shortage of warfarin scenario .................

Maybe we could request PCP to issue prescriptions of say 1,000 pills in the most popular dose i.e. 1, 5, 10 at a time. I imagine they have a decent shelf-life. It would certainly lower the cost of dispensing fees. However I'm more concerned how such a situation could happen. Hopefully it's not Armageddon. Just imagine the run on hardware stores for rat poisoning wafers. Citizens with sharp elbows brandishing whatever trying to grab a box or two. Chuckle, chuckle.

Recently I had to renew my subscription of steroid cream and for the first time since I've been using it (in the 70's) they wanted to charge me a compounding fee as well as the dispensing fee. So I'm all in favour of lower dispensing fees whenever possible.
 
One of the things to keep in mind that A LOT of people take this drug. It's earns ~1/2 billion dollars a year for the drug companies, so this drug isn't going to just go away. It's possible that maybe some manufacturers have a catastrophe and can produce it, but with it being in generic form, many companies produce it.
 
I'm "not" in a panic about this it was just a curiosity question but this is what I did. I take 5mg daily. I test at my cardio's but my PCP rights all my prescriptions. I had no refills left so yesterday I called and got refills called in, he does 7 at a time. I told them I needed 10mg, doubled my supply. I get 50 at a time so that is 100 doses or a little over three months. A couple of more months and I will have a years supply:cool: :cool: :cool:
 
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